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Using P2P Payments To Bank More Of The Unbanked

PYMNTS

She said the global pandemic has simply advanced a movement that has been underway for years, which has sought to provide banking access and digital financial services to underserved communities, mostly through mobile devices. Crypto And AI/ML.

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New US 'Cryptocurrency Enforcement Network' Takes Aim At Bitcoin Scammers

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Attorney General William Barr said that while cryptocurrency could fundamentally transform how human beings interact and how we organize society, “ensuring that use of this technology is safe and does not imperil our public safety or our national security is vitally important to America and its allies.”. Lagging Consumer Use Cases.

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Beyond Peer Analysis: Adopting a Benchmarking Mindset

Independent Banker

Bank regulators created the UBPR “peer analysis” to help further their own mission of prudential regulation, and it’s not a great substitute for the bank’s own performance benchmarking. However, if the bank is underperforming peers, the peer group itself is dismissed as irrelevant (“we’re a lot different than those banks anyway…”).

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OCC and FDIC issue joint proposal to revise CRA regulations; Ballard Spahr to hold Jan. 29 webinar

CFPB Monitor

The OCC and FDIC have issued a joint proposal to revise their regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Although the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC, are the primary CRA regulators, the Fed did not join the proposal and presumably will issue a separate proposal.

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Saving Main Street: Advocacy Groups Propose New Government Relief Programs

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The poll was conducted by a San Francisco-based advocacy group called Small Business Majority, and its CEO John Arensmeyer has been a proponent of community grants that exist outside of the formal banking system that has controlled government aid up to this point. Other ideas include more government action regarding competitive regulation.

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Alt-Lenders Vow Transparency After Prospa Backlash

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Australia’s alternative finance community has vowed to heighten transparency following criticism over Prospa ‘s high interest rates, which caused the FinTech to scrap its initial public offering (IPO). Prospa signed the code alongside Spotcap, Capify, GetCapital, OnDeck and Moula, reports said.

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CFPB holds field hearing on proposed rules for prepaid accounts

CFPB Monitor

Yesterday I attended the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) field hearing in Wilmington, Delaware, at which the CFPB unveiled and accepted public comment on its long-awaited proposed rule for prepaid accounts under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth In Lending Act (Regulation Z) (the Rule).