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Square Will Reapply for Banking License with the FDIC After Last Week’s Withdrawal

Bank Innovation

Payment processor Square has withdrawn its application to become a deposit-taking bank, a move similar to online lender Social Finance or SoFi, which withdrew its application last fall. It plans to reapply with the FDIC, but did not reveal […].

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FDIC issues final rule on brokered deposits and interest rate limits applicable to less than well capitalized institutions

CFPB Monitor

The FDIC has issued a final rule that establishes a new framework for analyzing whether deposits made through deposit arrangements qualify as “brokered deposits” and amends the methodology for calculating the interest rate restrictions that apply to less than well capitalized insured depository institutions (IDIs).

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FDIC Published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Interest Rate Restrictions

CFPB Monitor

On Tuesday, the FDIC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) that outlines anticipated revisions to its regulations regarding interest rate restrictions that apply to less than well capitalized insured depository institutions. The FDIC would compute the national rate and publish rate cap information on a monthly basis.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: FIS Fuels Rollout Of Quontic Bank Crypto Rewards Account; Aeldra Selects i2c To Power Private Banking Services

PYMNTS

Plus, Barclaycard is launching a Barclaycard Precisionpay Go system to let companies issue virtual cards for the online business expenses for employees. . The rollout makes Quontic “the first FDIC insured financial institution in the U.S. to fuel its online private banking offerings. Aeldra’s U.S. Aeldra’s U.S.

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Goldman Sachs Launches Online Retail Bank

PYMNTS

Goldman Sachs has officially entered the world of online retail banking. On Tuesday (April 26), various media outlets reported that the investment bank is expanding its customer base with the launch of its own FDIC-insured, Internet-based savings bank called GS Bank. percent, far above the average U.S. savings bank annual yield of.06

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SoFi Officially Files For A Bank Charter Of Its Own

PYMNTS

Which means it really doesn’t come as all that huge a surprise that as of June 6th, SoFi had applied for a new (de novo) bank charter according to the FDIC. Instead, SoFi as a bank will exist so it can “provide its customers an FDIC insured NOW account and a credit card product. SoFi has confirmed the news.

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The Growing Concern With Your Cost of Funds

South State Correspondent

We examine all FDIC-insured commercial banks and S&L associations over the last three decades and plot COF versus short-term rates. Online Banks: Online banks with consumer relationships will likely increase the industry’s deposit betas in this hiking cycle.