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California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation announces plans to exercise expanded powers under Consumer Financial Protection Law

CFPB Monitor

The CCFPL gives the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) (the new name given to the state’s Department of Business Oversight) broad jurisdiction and sweeping new authorities that closely resemble those of the CFPB. As a result, the DFPI has been labeled a “mini-CFPB.”.

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Open banking APIs are open for business

Insights on Business

The emergence of financial technology (fintech) and the push of regulators for more competition are disaggregating and open this closed value chain. Alternatively, they can have precise, fact-based, financial advice, or they can be offered products that are tailored to their specific needs. Open banking for all.

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California Legislature Passes AB-1864 Setting the Stage for the “Department of Financial Protection and Innovation” and the California Consumer Financial Protection Law

CFPB Monitor

The CCFPL requires the DFPI to establish a “Financial Technology Innovation Office.” We may have to wait and see how aggressive the DFPI is in exercising its new UDAAP rulemaking and enforcement authority, but we note that its authority is expansive. Additional Aspects of the CCFPL.

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Squared Away- How It Happened

Jeff For Banks

But for this exercise, I leaned on my family. Before release, I noticed that two of my social media contacts that served financial institutions and financial technology companies penned their own tomb: Beyond Good. Oftentimes success is measured by them. What's In A Name? And I bounced a few off of Kate, my editor.

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Does Anyone Outside PR Firms Think Surveys Are Newsworthy?

Tech and Finance

I publish occasionally at the Articulate Communications blog on issues of financial technology, banking and associated public relations and marketing topics. They include such stunning news as John Hancock on mindfulness and a bit on risk analysis that survey 499 residents of Tianjin, China on how they view self-driving cars.

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Crypto regulatory wargames

Lex Sokolin

The SEC, OCC and CFTC have been generally more cautious not to step on financial technology innovation. Moreover, the comment period to respond to the proposed rule has been shortened to 15 days, which is an unusually short time. The above is of course caricature and allegory. Microsoft has evolved far from this point.

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Crypto regulatory wargames

Lex Sokolin

The SEC, OCC and CFTC have been generally more cautious not to step on financial technology innovation. Moreover, the comment period to respond to the proposed rule has been shortened to 15 days, which is an unusually short time. The above is of course caricature and allegory. Microsoft has evolved far from this point.