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New York State Regulations for Online Lenders to ‘Level Playing Field’ for Banks

Bank Innovation

Online lenders may own more than half of the personal lending market, but they face serious headwinds. For one thing, rising interest rates will increase their cost of funds, and perhaps make their offerings less attractive, and for another, regulations may arrive that make operating their businesses more expensive.

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New York Ramps Up Fight Against Predatory SMB Lending

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Just days after New York Attorney General (AG) Barbara Underwood announced an investigation into possible misconduct among merchant cash-advance (MCA) firms against small business (SMB) borrowers, The Washington Post reported that state legislators are vowing to push for change in the industry. The publication said on Thursday (Dec.

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SoFi, Coinbase Get the Green Light to Operate in New York

Bank Innovation

Ah, New York: If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere, but to even try, you need a license. After waiting a year, the lender SoFi received the thumbs up to operate in New York, CFO Michael Tannenbaum said recently. Luckily, SoFi and Coinbase just got theirs. Read More.

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Santander Adds Three Lending Executives

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Santander Bank has announced three high-level appointments, two overseeing lending operations and another overseeing marketing, according to a press release. Giancarlo Marchesi was named head of Consumer Lending, a new role at Santander. 2 and is coming from CVS, Santander stated in its news release.

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Prosecutors Target Loosely-Regulated Business Lending Sector

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Federal and state authorities are targeting companies that allegedly lend money to small businesses at extreme rates and seek to collect payments with heavy-handed tactics, NBC News reported Tuesday (Aug. One business owners said he felt as if he were dealing with an entity almost like “a gangster operation.”.

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New York Venture Bank Seeks National Bank Charter

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New York Venture Bank, a new financial institution (FI) created by big names in the financial services industry, has applied for a national bank charter. FDIC), the news report noted the new bank will begin with $100 million in capital. According to a Wednesday (Nov. According to a Wednesday (Nov.

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Operant Calls for Consortium to Improve Debt Collection

Bank Innovation

Operant Founder and CEO Allan Fisch said at a meetup yesterday at Bank Innovation’s headquarters in New York that a consortium would allow the FIs to contribute anonymized data on the performance of their third-party […]. Toronto-based fintech Operant.AI