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China Fiscal Policy At Odds With SMB Lending

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29) that the government’s efforts to spur small business lending by pumping money into the financial services market has yielded only modest success. The publication pointed to the government’s conflicting policy of stricter lending rules as one reason why efforts to boost small business loan volumes hasn’t taken off.

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The Regulatory Future Of Payday Lending

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Payday and short-term lending is a contentious topic in the United States, particularly when it comes to its regulation. Almost everyone – state law makers, federal law makers, consumer groups, industry groups and even short-term lenders themselves – agree that the industry should be regulated. New Rules in Ohio.

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CFPB’s New Study Notes Bank Fees As A Hidden Cost Of Payday Lending

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As the nation waits and drama builds over expected new guidelines from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on short-term lending, the government watchdog has issued a new report that indicates that the high cost of payday loans is even higher than most people think.

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What Will Ant Group Look Like A Year From Now?

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In China, the battle of the regulators versus FinTech behemoth has seemingly been joined. . That delay came following controlling shareholder Jack Ma’s meeting with Chinese regulators. In fact, he told Webster, Ant was and is more profitable than Facebook was when that tech giant went public in 2012. . What Lies Ahead .

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CFPB announces new Deputy Director and additions to executive team

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Since April 2018, he has served as CFPB Policy Associate Director for Research, Markets, and Regulations since April 2018. For example, Steven Antonakes, who served as Deputy Director under former Director Cordray, simultaneously held the position of Deputy Director and Associate Director for Supervision, Enforcement, and Fair Lending.).

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Senate Dems Target For-Profit Colleges and Federal Student Loan Servicers and Collectors in Letter to Dept. of Education

CFPB Monitor

Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) requesting information about how OCR “plans to address alarming racial disparities in our federal student loan system through vigorous enforcement of the nation’s civil rights laws.” We do not expect the letter to have much of an impact at OCR.

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CFPB Issues Request for Information on Expanding Access to Credit and Further Protecting Consumers from Credit Discrimination

CFPB Monitor

Concurrently, CFPB Director Kathleen Kraninger issued a blog post (entitled “The Bureau is taking action to build a more inclusive financial system”) explaining that the Bureau seeks to play a leading role in the national conversation about racial inequality by taking action concerning fair treatment and equitable access to credit.