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FDIC settles Operation Choke Point lawsuit

CFPB Monitor

The FDIC has announced that it has entered into a settlement of the lawsuit filed against it and the OCC in 2014 by a trade group and several payday lenders challenging “Operation Choke Point” — a federal enforcement initiative involving the FDIC, OCC and other federal agencies. In July 2017, the D.C. In July 2017, the D.C.

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Reports of Small Business Lending’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated

Celent Banking

In the US, small business customers get bounced around like Goldilocks—they are too small to be of interest to commercial relationship managers and too complex to be easily understood by retail branch staff. Online small business lending by direct credit providers has especially taken off. of all firms.

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Top 63 Online Digital Banks for U.S. Consumers (Nov 2023)

Fintech Labs Insights

Consumers have been banking online for 28 years. The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. 7,270 $4,100 4 Revolut 3004 2015 London 11,460,000 $1,700 5 Chime 2727 2012 SF 10,710,000 2.6 2 $520 12 Acorns 613 2012 LA 2,170,000 2.3

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OCC issues proposed rule on fair access to financial services

CFPB Monitor

The OCC also comments that “it is one thing for a bank not to lend to oil companies because it lacks the expertise to value or manage the associated collateral rights; it is another for a bank to make that decision because it believes the United States should abide by the standards in an international climate treaty.”.

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

PYMNTS

By using funds managed by LCA to benefit its parent company, LCA and Laplanche failed to do so.”. We have full confidence in our new management team and we are a better company today.”. By 2012, LendingClub announced it had underwritten $1 billion in loans on its platform and was cash flow positive. The DOJ Finding.

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Seeking Banking Balance Between Physical And Digital

PYMNTS

Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citi, to name a few, all scaled back their physical bank branch locations between 2012 and 2016, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). A separate survey from management consulting firm Bain & Co. Staying on Top of Customer Expectations.

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Republican Senators seek action from FDIC to ensure end of Operation Choke Point

CFPB Monitor

Thirteen Republican Senators have sent a letter to FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams urging the FDIC to take action to ensure that lawful businesses are no longer at risk of adverse financial consequences as a result of “Operation Choke Point, and its associated culture and Choke Point-like regulatory actions.”.

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