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Why safe banks can produce fragile economies

Across the region, governments want banks to remain conservative and startups to become more ambitious. Those goals are compatible only when other institutions are prepared to finance the risks that banks cannot.

Why safe banks can produce fragile economies

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Across the region, governments want banks to remain conservative and startups to become more ambitious.

Those goals are compatible only when other institutions are prepared to finance the risks that banks cannot.

Conventional lenders reward collateral, reliable cash flow and years of financial statements.

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Across the region, governments want banks to remain conservative and startups to become more ambitious. Those goals are compatible only when other institutions are prepared to finance the risks that banks cannot. Conventional lenders reward collateral, reliable cash flow and years of financial statements.

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Many companies expected to create new industries possess none of these.

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