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OCTOBER 9, 2018

The alternative finance boom post-2008 financial crisis undoubtedly provided more options for small business (SMB) borrowers, but that doesn’t mean the industry is guaranteed to become a staple among entrepreneurs seeking financing. hasn’t seen the same industry growth trajectory, however. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

China’s banking regulation is in-flux. This week, JPMorgan Chase announced plans to take advantage of China’s new position on foreign competition, vowing to go “full force” in the nation. Last December, the central bank vowed to enact “prudent and neutral” monetary policy to promote the strength of China’s banking industry.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 30, 2024

Get your ticket now for ThinkBIG, an industry-leading learning and networking event. REGISTER Takeaway 1 Banking and compliance professionals rely on ThinkBIG to elevate their understanding of industry shifts and regulatory pressures. Still on the fence about attending the ThinkBIG 2024 conference?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The Kenyan National Assembly is considering a law that would make mobile lenders in the country subject to central bank oversight, which would force them to reveal transactions fees and interest rates before they dole out loans. According to the nation’s central bank, “customers will be scored and advised of their credit limit.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

Takeaway 3 Regulators are closely watching expanded uses of AI and generative artificial intelligence. A common example of a generative AI-driven tool that many in the financial services industry are familiar with is ChatGPT, which can produce coherent and diverse texts on various topics. GenAI is seeing varied use cases in banking.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The House committee held a hearing on the idea after Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks in July proposed a new special purpose national banking charter for payments companies. However, the banking industry doesn’t like that one bit. “We Specific Concerns .

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2016

It feels like 2014 again with the ongoing popularity of alternative lending startups. It’s even more surprising given that 2016 could be the year that regulation begins to really kick in for these lenders — in the U.S., Alternative Lending. That, experts say, would be a massive headache for these players. MarketInvoice.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Regulators recently announced plans to take a closer look at the early wage access industry, but as demand among the workforce for such FinTech solutions continues to rise, experts are encouraging lawmakers to get on board with a new normal of payroll. Regulators Step In. Defenders Weigh In.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said earlier this month that it had put in place a set of action items to standardize the national experience of FinTechs and non-bank entities. We have formed a working group of state regulators to develop the model. Our FinTech industry advisory panel did include a few community banks.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 17, 2024

FinCEN data shows that human trafficking in the United States takes place in a wide variety of industries—hospitality, agriculture, janitorial services, construction, restaurants, domestic work, and so on. The United Nations estimates there are currently 40 million people enslaved around the world, and that one-quarter of them are children.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

trillion shadow banking industry is on the decline, which has led to a rise in private corporate defaults. The country’s regulators have gotten tough on the shadow banking market in recent years. Private firms rely on shadow lending, since state-owned banks favor lending to government-controlled companies.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

Quarles, the Federal Reserve’s vice chairman for supervision, recently spoke at the HOPE Global Forums Annual Meeting to reflect on the changes endured by the nation’s small business lending market, according to reports on Friday (March 30) in JD Supra.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

Payday and short-term lending is a contentious topic in the United States, particularly when it comes to its regulation. Almost everyone – state law makers, federal law makers, consumer groups, industry groups and even short-term lenders themselves – agree that the industry should be regulated. New Rules in Ohio.

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Abrigo

JUNE 12, 2023

The money transmitter industry is growing, spiked by advances in fintech and the consumer demand for immediate payment mechanisms. The act provided a single set of nationwide standards and requirements created by industry and state experts to create a common regulatory baseline across the country.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2018

The Kansas businessman – facing a 2017 conviction for violating federal truth in lending and racketeering laws in connection with his online lending business – attempted to apologize for the $3.5 Regulators spent most of 2017 cracking down on the practice. Tribal Lending . attorney Joon H.

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TheGuardian

OCTOBER 4, 2020

about the proposed “reform” of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act, I smell a very large rodent. And it means the repeal of major legislation introduced by my government to bring about uniform national laws to protect Australian consumers from unregulated and often predatory lending practices. Continue reading.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Critical capital Should CRE lending be off the table? Recent headlines may lead bankers to believe that shunning commercial real estate lending is the safest path to limit or avoid credit risk, given stresses on CRE and regulatory concerns. Benchmark industry analytics help identify how borrowers are doing compared to the industry.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

When the impact stretches across oceans, nations and demographics, though, and those affected number in the hundreds of millions, a sea change is a-swelling. How do they make decisions about retail transactions, lending activities or money transfers in milliseconds? Equifax brings a few key questions to mind.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Expressing a range of concerns, several key industry groups submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) last week regarding its proposed rule that would impose new substantive and disclosure obligations on auto-dealers in the auto finance process.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is placing pressure on the nation’s alternative lending space in a notice issued earlier this month, reports said on Friday (Sept. for example, Regulation A+ has come into effect under Title IV of the JOBS Act. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global finance regulator, warned that the proliferation of eCommerce giants like Facebook, Amazon, Alibaba and Apple in the financial sector is expected to continue and will disrupt the industry, according to a report. and 65 percent of retail locations around the U.S. support Apple Pay.

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Abrigo

MAY 19, 2017

With the National Credit Union Administration issuing its final member business lending (MBL) ruling as of January 2017, credit unions are seeing increased flexibility in their lending limits. Internal foundation for growth The new MBL rule creates a foundation for commercial lending practices and portfolio growth.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As a result, a company that controls an institution that is not a BHCA bank is not required to register as a bank holding company with the Federal Reserve Board and, therefore, is not subject to regulation and supervision by the Federal Reserve Board. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).

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Abrigo

JANUARY 25, 2021

Takeaway 3 Network with other bankers, auditors, regulators, and Abrigo experts. Abrigo’s annual conferences have brought together industry experts, financial institution peers, BSA/AML professionals, CPAs, auditors, and regulators for nearly two decades. Reasons to attend. Why ThinkBIG 2021?

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 21, 2021

As previously reported , the bill signed into law by President Biden on June 17, 2021 to create the Juneteenth National Independence Day actually results in an important change under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Regulation Z. Industry representatives urged the CFPB to provide guidance. The bill amends 5 U.S.C

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 7, 2019

I am pleased to share with our blog readers that Alan Kaplinsky, who leads our firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group, was recently awarded the National Law Review’s Go-To Thought Leadership Award in Consumer Finance for his work on our blog, Consumer Finance Monitor.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

Changes may soon be coming to the Military Lending Act (MLA), a piece of legislation designed to prevent military service members from getting swept up in deceptive or unfair lending practices. The product causing concern on the auto lending side of things is gap insurance. New Lending Rules .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

Traditional institutions are picking up steam in their efforts to collaborate with alternative financiers and FinTech firms, largely viewed as a way to spin the competition into allies and upgrade their lending services without the burden of in-house R&D. However, the Federal Reserve ‘s latest analysis of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

New rules may loom for technology providers pertaining to privacy — on a national level. In another nod toward privacy, Microsoft wants to see government regulation of facial recognition technology. In the banking sector at large, lenders are lending and shadow banks might be, too. Facial Recognition’s Need for Legislation?

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PopularBank

MAY 25, 2021

Popular Bank Senior Vice President and Director of National Healthcare Financing Andrew Boland joined fellow industry leaders for the Environmental Banker Association (EBA) panel discussion How COVID Changed Senior Living & Care Underwriting. Adaptability and client-first practices continue to drive industry resiliency.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, issued a report last week suggesting that regulators might want to consider shutting down the scandal-ridden Wells Fargo. million potentially fake accounts , forcing up to 570,000 borrowers into unneeded auto insurance and allegedly discriminating in mortgage lending.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

Heightening efforts among policymakers across the globe to expand customer protections in the financial services (FinServ) space have largely left small business (SMB) banking and lending untouched. rejected the Treasury Select Committee ‘s regulations to introduce stricter small business borrower protections for the banking industry.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Regulators from New York got the nod from a judge to move forward with their lawsuit aimed at stopping FinTechs from offering banking services on a national level. Regulators in New York want to prevent federal government agencies from granting FinTechs national licenses enabling them to loan and send money like a bank.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Last week, after five years of debates, discussions, arguments and waiting, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) final rules for payday lending dropped. No one will argue the point that regulation is not necessary or that abuses don’t happen. All the Reactions Expected (from the People You Expected to Have Them).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

To challenge the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s decision to allow online payment companies and lenders to have national bank charters, the top banking regulator in New York is suing the federal government. A bill signed by Governor Andrew M.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

All four of Australia’s Big Four lenders — Westpac, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia Bank — admitted to misconduct related to small business (SMB) lending practices as the nation’s inquiry into industry wrongdoings continues.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2016

Small businesses will be crucial to the expansion of the P2P lending market across the globe, analysts from Technavio said. 1) said micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) lending will help fuel growth in the global peer-to-peer lending space between 2016 and 2020. ”

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