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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. This can be done by regulations from Treasury and the SBA,” Rubio said last week. 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. state bank regulators said it filed a complaint in the U.S. Reports in Reuters on Thursday (Oct.

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Banking Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements Take Effect

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Takeaway 2 The change includes an obligation to inform regulators of a “notification incident” ASAP and no later than 36 hours after a reportable event occurs. Background Historically, the federal banking regulators required financial institutions to file two types of reports for certain cybersecurity incidents. How and When.

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OCC Chief Praises Mulvaney On Halting Payday Rule

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The job of regulators “is to help our system fulfill its important role in society by ensuring it operates in a safe and sound manner and treats customers fairly,” Otting said in a press release. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. After a 45-minute meeting on Tuesday (Feb.

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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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State AGs urge Mulvaney to continue use of disparate impact theory of ECOA liability

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On September 5, 2018 a group of 14 state Attorneys General and the AG for the District of Columbia sent a comment letter to CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, urging him to refrain from “reexamining the requirements” of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”). to discriminate against any person.