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Spinning the Rolodex no longer cuts it for archaic loan sales

Another Singapore fintech wants to disrupt the US$3.25t global market that makes up the secondary loans space

Kelly Ng
Published Sun, Apr 25, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    IT HAS been a game of "calling your 10 best friends". A US$3.25-trillion global market makes up the secondary loans space, but it continues to operate in a largely archaic, low-tech environment.

    This space is an important one - banks sell off loans to one another to deleverage their balance sheets if the returns on the loans look poor relative to their cost of capital.

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