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More PPP Funds Would Help CDFIs Lend Money To Micro Businesses

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CDFIs — which exist in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands — offer loan money in times of disaster to businesses that typically can’t get funding from banks.

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State Bank Regs File Suit To Block OCC’s Bank Charter

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More legal troubles have emerged for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) over its plan to introduce national bank charters for FinTechs, aimed at making it easier for alternative financial services players to do business. Reports in Reuters on Thursday (Oct. Reports in Reuters on Thursday (Oct. The body of U.S.

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OCC Chief Praises Mulvaney On Halting Payday Rule

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“I also applaud him for realigning his agency’s mission to the current needs of the nation, making its processes more transparent and fair.” Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Mulvaney had long been a critic of the CFPB, calling the agency a “sad, sick joke.”.

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Banking Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements Take Effect

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These state laws are in addition to the consumer breach notification laws adopted by all 50 states and the District of Columbia, which may require notification to a state agency as well as the consumers. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending & Credit Risk. How and When. What are the new notification requirements?

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Eight state attorneys general file lawsuit seeking to overturn OCC’s true lender rule

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However, the AG plaintiffs in the new lawsuit instead view the Rule as “an unlawful attempt” by the OCC to “facilitate predatory lending” and support “rent-a bank schemes.”. The OCC anticipated and refuted many of the Complaint’s allegations in the Supplementary Information published with the final Rule.

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Fans and Foes of OCC True Lender Rule Spar at Senate Committee “Rent-a-Bank” Hearing

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The True Lender rule clarifies when, under existing law, a national bank is the “true lender” that makes a loan in the context of an arrangement between the bank and a non-bank entity that facilitates or services the loan. Reverend Dr. Frederick D.

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Federal DC Court Overturns Closed-End Loan HMDA Reporting Threshold

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The court noted the plaintiffs asserted “that HMDA data have been invaluable in ‘uncovering and addressing redlining, fair lending violations, and other inequitable lending practices’ over the decades.” Additionally, prior to that rule, the reporting of open-end lines of credit was optional, so there was no reporting trigger. .

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