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10 Types of Financial Models

The Finance Weekly

This practice allows businesses, investors, and finance professionals to evaluate investment opportunities, assess risks, forecast future scenarios, and support strategic decision-making. Investment Evaluation - Assessing mergers, acquisitions, or new projects. Adjust accordingly based on these factors for a final estimate.

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10 Best Practices for FP&A

The Finance Weekly

Financial tracking also helps adjust investments, such as identifying underperforming products and reallocating resources accordingly. Adjust strategies based on ongoing evaluations for continuous progress. Adjust forecasts regularly to reflect market conditions. Steps to implement: Define a forecast period (12-24 months).

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Decoding the FCA’s Safeguarding reforms: Practical steps for payments and E-money firms

The Payments Association

Safeguarding audits: Firms are required to arrange safeguarding audits to assess compliance with the rules. Increased reporting obligations: Monthly safeguarding returns to the FCA will be mandatory, providing the regulator with granular oversight of firms’ safeguarding practices.

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Defining “acceptable risk” in UK payments regulation

The Payments Association

Dennis Cheng Principal, financial services, Gladius Assurances In its 2021/22 Business Plan, in response to the Gloster Report, the FCA announced its Transformation Programme, promising to raise standards with more intensive assessment and greater scrutiny of firms' financials and business models.

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100+ Payment Industry Terms Explained in Plain English

Clearly Payments

Assessment Fee A fee charged by the card networks (Visa, Mastercard, etc.). Markup The amount the processor adds on top of interchange and assessments. Underwriting The process of assessing risk before approving a merchant account. Refunds & Adjustments Refund Returning money to a customer.

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Navigating RBI’s 2025 Gold Loan Directives with our Comprehensive Loan Management System

M2P Fintech

Secure Collateral Handling: Collateral must be stored securely, and lenders face penalties for delays in returning collateral after repayment. Prompt Collateral Return: Collateral must be returned within 7 working days after full repayment, with a 5,000/day penalty for delays.

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Debt Collection and COVID-19: Assessing Affordability

FICO

In the UK alone, it is estimated that more than 80 million affordability assessments are completed each year, most of which are done manually over the telephone. It has taken a long time, but the capabilities are now available to make affordability assessment quick, safe, forward-looking, and intelligent.