article thumbnail

FDIC Approves Square For Banking License

PYMNTS

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) gave the green light to an application from the FinTech firm Square to create a de novo industrial bank in Utah, the agency said on Wednesday (March 18). The headquarters will be in Salt Lake City, Utah.

FDIC 276
article thumbnail

FDIC's unusual order against tiny Utah bank: Sell yourself or liquidate

American Banker

The FDIC's public rebuke against it indicates a last-ditch effort to figure out a less messy solution than receivership. One of the smallest banks in the country hasn't consistently made a profit since 2007 and has been the subject of enforcement actions.

FDIC 72
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A Utah bank is gone after 16 years of losses. Why did it survive so long?

American Banker

Experts criticized the FDIC for allowing the bank's demise to play out in slow motion. Liberty Bank in Salt Lake City had been "structurally unprofitable" since 2008, according to its regulators.

Utah 63
article thumbnail

Utah: The fintech frontier

BankInovation

Fintechs looking to expand beyond their Bay Area or New York City headquarters have welcomed an unlikely visitor in recent years: Utah Gov. The governor is a great salesperson,” said Val Hale, executive director for the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Gary Herbert. “The

Utah 83
article thumbnail

Rakuten files third application for FDIC insurance

CFPB Monitor

Per the Utah Department of Financial Institutions website, Rakuten Bank America’s application for a Utah ILC charter was received on July 26, 2019 and remains pending. . Rakuten’s first FDIC deposit insurance application was filed in July 2019, and was withdrawn in March 2020. based bank, Rakuten Bank America.

FDIC 78
article thumbnail

California lawmakers urge FDIC to rein in bank partnerships

CFPB Monitor

Four Democratic members of the California state legislature recently sent a letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) urging the agency to take action against FDIC-supervised banks that partner with non-bank lenders to originate high-cost installment loans.

FDIC 78
article thumbnail

California Dept. of Business Oversight launches “true lender” investigation of auto title lender’s partnership with Utah bank

CFPB Monitor

Thereafter, “using its existing lending operations and personnel, LoanMart commenced ‘marketing’ and ‘servicing’ auto title loans purportedly made by CCBank, a small Utah-chartered bank operating out of Provo, Utah.” Thus, both the OCC and FDIC have adopted regulations rejecting the Second Circuit’s Madden decision.

Utah 78