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July: Fintech's Most Important Recent Innovation
The deposit insurance solution is here. BCBP's recap; Banks are better than you think, Do you know Hyperliquid?, How to Make Money the DAVE way…
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Lessons from Ready Cap’s 90% haircut
Time for Inbank (INBC) to move out, DCF for First Northwest (FNWB), North Carolina banking paradise; forced selling at CLBK; Column and Cross River are…
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May: Western Alliance is the Best Bank. Western Alliance is the Worst Bank
BAFN was what we thought it was; What makes a 20% IRR fund? FNWB is finding its footing at 60% of tangible; Puerto Rico, Make Jonah Marcus a director
 • Sam Haskell
April: 6% Savings Accounts, 10% Cashback Credit Cards and Banks' Evolution
Wartime portfolio management; the rule of thumb for private credit and BDCs, Embedded Exchanges: TFIN, ARX, FIGR. UBAB's CDFI boomerang. TFIN Born…
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Please note - 5 Points is not launching any services
This post is to let you know scammers are impersonating me, and will probably continue to for a while.
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Fact vs Fiction in the latest Bank Selloff
Don't sleep on multi-strat leverage; Pain in the BaaS at TBBK and CCB, LendingClub and the 5 Points scorecard; AI in financials, Bank7 could be a 10;
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February: Copper in the Financial Sector?
How AMBZ won, Hamilton Group's (HG) advantage, Old Glory Bank (DAAQ), LendingClub's (LC) earnings leap
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