Hypoport reports 5% profit growth in first half of 2026

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Latin America has always rewarded banks that can live with complexity. Regional corporate treasures rarely deal with a single challenge: currencies move, politics shift and commodity cycles turn. National champions increasingly find themselves buying assets, raising capital, managing liquidity and hedging risk across borders. That is where Citi’s Latin American franchise has become most valuable….

Credit risk models for loan portfolios typically assume that exposures can be assigned to homogeneous risk buckets, as in Vasicek- and Basel-style portfolio credit risk models.We propose a Bayesian clustering model for constructing homogeneous risk buckets directly from loan credit histories. In contrast to traditional segmentation, the framework assigns weighted memberships across multiple clusters, capturing…

New Jersey is taking aim at a retail practice that critics say could one day mean two shoppers pay different prices for the same carton of milk. The state is banning grocery stores from using surveillance pricing, which sets prices based on a consumer’s personal information, before the practice becomes widespread. The Fair Price Protection…

As financial institutions merge and evolve, the pressure on back-office operations grows just as quickly as it does on member-facing services. Accounting teams that once relied on manual processes and patchwork systems are now expected to deliver greater accuracy, faster reporting, and the flexibility to support future growth. As a result, many banks and credit…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Trial Balance is CFO.com’s weekly preview of stories, stats and events to help you prepare. Part 1 — In the wake of a breach this spring, EY says its “systems are now secure.” EY says an…