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AmEx Faces Fed Inquiry On Business Card Sales Tactics

PYMNTS

FDIC) and the Treasury Department are looking to see if American Express Co. The representative noted that the company has been “cooperating with a regulatory review of small business card sales between 2015 and 2016” as of the spring of 2020, according to the paper. “We 7), citing unnamed sources.

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FDIC Releases Revised MLA Exam Procedures and Sets Supervisory Expectations

CFPB Monitor

On October 17, the FDIC released revised interagency Military Lending Act (MLA) examination procedures for use in connection with consumer credit transactions occurring on or after October 3, 2016. The FDIC also provided guidance on its initial supervisory expectations for examinations relating to MLA compliance.

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Return of the TDR: How to Prepare for Coronavirus-Related Loan Restructurings

Abrigo

The FDIC recently reiterated that financial institutions should determine whether loans affected by COVID-19 should be reported as TDRs. This real and sudden situation on a large scale has many financial institutions seeking novel ways to handle their loans, according to Regan Camp, Abrigo Managing Director of Advisory Services. “If

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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

Locality Bank, a digital-first community bank serving south Florida that opened in January, is run by industry veterans with such successful track records that regulators signed off on their application for a charter in less than a year. from 2016 until its sale in 2018. Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Built on a solid foundation.

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Banks Fighting SoFi’s Banking Charter

PYMNTS

The action comes a week after the FDIC announced that digital lender SoFi had applied to the state of Utah for a special banking charter known as an ILC. You don’t have any regulation of the parent company under the Bank Holding Act; that is almost always the reason why companies are setting these [structures] up,” he said.

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CFPB turns attention to college banking agreements in annual report on college credit card agreements

CFPB Monitor

The new report represents a return to the Bureau’s pre-2016 practice of including in the annual report not only the information on college credit card agreements mandated by the CARD Act but also information on other financial products marketed to students. It is unclear whether IHEs are conducting adequate contract and fee reviews.

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What Makes an Effective Community Banking Board?

Jeff For Banks

I will say there seems to be more PE, Investment Banker, Investment Management types on the Bottom 5 boards than on the Top 5. So, as was my take from September 2016, there is no discernable difference between number of board members, age, professions of board members in top performing financial institutions and bottom dwellers.