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FDIC Approves Square For Banking License

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) gave the green light to an application from the FinTech firm Square to create a de novo industrial bank in Utah, the agency said on Wednesday (March 18). FDIC staff found that Square satisfied each of the statutory factors required for approval, subject to certain conditions.

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Trade Groups Say “No Thanks” to Notion that FDIC Should Consult CFPB Before Approving Bank Mergers

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One issue raised in the RFI is “to what extent should the CFPB be consulted by the FDIC when considering the convenience and needs factor and should that consultation be formalized?”. Similar to the other industry trade groups, the BPI letter noted that the CFPB was not granted by Congress a right to review or comment on bank mergers. (B)

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FDIC issues final rule on ILC deposit insurance applications

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The FDIC has issued a final rule setting forth the conditions it will impose and the commitments it will require to approve a deposit insurance application from an industrial bank or industrial loan company (collectively, ILC) whose parent company is not subject to consolidated supervision by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).

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Chime Commands $1.5B Valuation After Capital Raise

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According to a report in CNBC , the San Francisco startup said the Series D round of venture funding was led by DST Global , as well as new investors Coatue, General Atlantic, ICONIQ Capital and Dragoneer Investment Group. Chime noted in its press release that it began March with more than three million FDIC bank accounts.

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Cabot Square Capital Sells 321 Crédito

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Cabot Square Capital, a U.K. With a specialty in car loans, 321 Crédit has been a Cabot Square Capital company since 2014. With a specialty in car loans, 321 Crédit has been a Cabot Square Capital company since 2014. The move on the part of Cabot Square Capital comes at a time when big banks have been pulling back from the $1.2

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5 Banking Trends We’re Forecasting for 2023

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According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in 2000, there were 8,000 commercial banks in the United States, but as of March 2022, that number had dwindled to 4,194 operating physical bank branches. Another example is Eno , Capital One’s virtual assistant.

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What Banks Can Learn from the Republic Bank Failure

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With the assistance of the FDIC, Fulton Financial acquired certain assets, debt and deposits of Republic Bank. However, Republic Bank’s loan portfolio mix is not dissimilar to its peer group, and there was no credit stress in that loan portfolio. This first bank failure in 2024 is reported to cost the Deposit Insurance Fund $667mm.