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FDIC Chair’s recent interview gives insight into FDIC’s agenda

CFPB Monitor

McWilliams stated that the FDIC’s top priorities included: (1) reducing regulatory burden on community banks; (2) increasing the speed with which the FDIC reviews charter and deposit insurance applications; and (3) assisting banks to introduce new financial products that serve underserved communities.

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Facebook, Celebrities Join $50 Million Series B For FinTech Startup Step

PYMNTS

Founded in 2018 and launched in October, the all-in-one banking app has a half-million users and is geared toward teenagers and young adults to help them gain financial independence. Stripe invested in this round as well, as did returning investors Crosslink Capital, Collaborative Fund and Will Smith’s Dreamers VC.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Although one might argue that First Citizens BancShares of Raleigh is a SIFI as it climbed to the 19th largest in the country with its Silicon Valley Bridge Bank acquisition from the FDIC, and that the FDIC designated SVB as systemically important. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends.

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Wells Fargo Says Lift Asset Cap To Helps SMBs

PYMNTS

But to do that, the bank may have to have its asset cap, placed there by law after a fake accounts scandal in 2018, lifted so it can do more to help, according to the Financial Times. Wells Fargo said it wants to help more with the federal government’s programs to disburse $350 billion in loans via the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

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Fintech Deals Are Still Happening – and It’s a Good Thing

Gonzobanker

All the capital flowing into the digital fintech space is helping to solve banking industry challenges. As the industry’s appetite for digital technology grows, the capital that’s been flowing into mostly digital-focused fintech is solving real industry challenges right now. SoFi/Galileo: This $1.2 customer impact.

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In Banking, The Line Between SMB And Consumer Can Blur

PYMNTS

In Australia, this blurred line between small business and consumer financial services became the focus of a recent SmartCompany report highlighting the challenge that small business owners face when seeking working capital. Last October, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a report that suggested the U.S.

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New Community Bank Sentiment Index Shows Bankers Largely Positive

Abrigo

Bankers’ attitudes reflect conditions in capital markets and conditions in the economy, primarily the local economy served by each bank,” Dunkelberg and Scott wrote. How do you expect your bank’s capital expenditures on facilities or operations to change over the next 12 months? Asset/Liability. Credit Risk. Learn More.