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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
rationale. For instance, the government bailed out Bear Stearns, but why not Lehman Brothers? Ironically, Congress in 1991 passed a statute establishing specific procedures (including stating a rationale) to be followed before a bank... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
landscape for small businesses is vast, including banks and credit cards, Big Tech, fintechs, and infrastructure players (Plaid, Yodlee, nCino, etc.). FUTURE SCOPE One thing is clear, Mills says: Artificial... View Details
- 09 Nov 2021
- News
Weighing Big Tech’s Promise to Black America
cash holdings “in financial institutions and organizations that directly support Black communities.” As part of that effort, Netflix deposited $10 million in Hope Credit Union, a Black-owned bank. The pledge also included a call to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
Republic, eager to find more space in what the World Bank estimates to be a $1.2 trillion global credit gap for small to medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets. Success outside Nigeria, notes Kehinde,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 21 Aug 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
suited to counsel those facing difficulties in the private sector. He gives much of the credit to his time at Harvard. “Business is an ethical profession. It’s also about relationships. How do you teach people, and do you listen?” says... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
INK: Big News for Small Business
What would this golden age look like? Imagine if small businesses had access to AI-enabled insights—picture a dashboard informed by a business’s bank accounts, payment systems, taxes, and accounting software. The business owner could see... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Money and Mortals
provides a view of society’s changing attitudes toward money and depicts its influence on mankind. Donated in 1975 by the New York banking firm of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc., the collection includes works by Rembrandt, Breughel,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Raising the bar for financial literacy
approximately 5 million students, from kindergarten through high school. "Opening a bank account is a one-time event. We're trying to teach kids skills and tools they can apply to any decision they may face going forward," she says.... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
the public and private sectors. Before founding these firms, Gandhi was head of the institutional strategy area for Morgan Stanley and then vice chairman of investment banking and global head of the financial institutions business for... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building business for a better Brazil
consumer goods, jobs, and global markets. Since selling the company to Credit Suisse First Boston in 1998, Lemann and his partners, Carlos A. Sicupira (OPM 9, 1984) and Marcel H. Telles (OPM 10, 1985) have focused on acquisitions that... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time
creation of the Behavioral and Financial Stability Project. Researchers have conducted groundbreaking research on bank capital and liquidity management, the nature of bank runs in the modern financial... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lydia M. Marshall: Gumption and Grace
admit that her leadership and organizational skills have helped the nonprofit's various constituencies work toward the common goal of increasing economic self-sufficiency and ending poverty. The exchange tells a lot about Marshall. A giving person who is quick to View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Herman I. Safin
Lee. After two years working as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, Safin was given the option to become an assistant to the CFO or an associate in investment View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
United States had no plan for funding its huge debts. It had no stable currency, no sound credit system, no central bank, no reliable securities markets, and almost no corporations. By 1795, Hamilton's policies had corrected all of these... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Lab. And that may just be the answer to developing a strong small-business sector in emerging markets. In more developed markets, a bank can make loan decisions based on credit scores, that three-digit... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
A Remarkable Life Story
delinquent bank loans, unpaid vendors, overdue receivables, and other major cash-flow issues.” Her systematic, creative approach to overcoming obstacles would bring nods of approval from many HBS alumni, one suspects. Lambert View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Renaissance Man
Turning the page: A collection decades in the making tells the story of a lifelong passion. Image Copyright Sotheby’s (Photo Credit: Nathan Keay, Tiny Mechanism) Thomas Brooker (MBA 1968) acquired his first rare book in 1959, during a junior year abroad in Paris. At a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
seize up, and that the interest rates charged to issuers of short-term commercial paper and corporate bonds would leap upwards, leading to a painful squeeze for all kinds of private-sector borrowers. Not many people foresaw that this View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
economy and brings food to the table through microenterprise - selling oranges, repairing shoes, making utensils out of scrap metal. We provide access to credit that those people can't otherwise get. Over the last five years, we've... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
gain perspective; and reframe the question to open up new possibilities. Molly Waldo! A Young Man's First Voyage to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Adapted from the Stories of Marblehead Fishermen of the 1800s by Priscilla L. Moulton and... View Details