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Varo’s FDIC application tests uncharted territory

Bank Innovation

31, 2018, the digital-only challenger bank finally received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Varo Money has been striving to get a banking charter for three years. It’s still unclear, however, if the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will grant the final approval.

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FDIC seeks comment on its communication methods

CFPB Monitor

The FDIC has issued a request for information that seeks comment on how the FDIC can make its communications with insured depository institutions (IDIs) “more effective, streamlined, and clear.” The RFI contains specific questions on which the FDIC seeks input that address three topics: efficiency, ease of access, and content.

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State AGs submit comments to FDIC on small-dollar lending

CFPB Monitor

A group of 13 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia AG have sent a letter to the FDIC commenting on the agency’s request for information on small-dollar lending. They recommend that “the FDIC discourage banks from entering into these relationships in any guidance it issues on small-dollar lending.”.

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FDIC 2018 Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights focuses on overdraft, RESPA, Regulation E, deferment, and finance charge calculation exam findings

CFPB Monitor

Last week, the FDIC published its Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights that provides observations about its consumer compliance supervision activities in 2018. The FDIC’s anonymized exam findings include: Overdraft Programs. Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) Section 8 Violations.

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5 Companies that Made Fintech Noise in 2018

Bank Innovation

Indeed, as far as innovation is concerned, 2018 was the year of the fintechs and nonbanks -- some friendlier to the traditional players than others. […]. Bank Innovation’s five picks for companies that made noise in fintech this year may not include any banks, but it does include a company owned by a collection of them.

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S&P: US banks relying less on big-box stores to house branch locations

Bank Innovation

As of January, there were 3,989 in-store branches of FDIC-insured institutions housed within retail stores, a decrease of 2.3% since June 30, 2018, S&P Global Market Intelligence reported.? In-store branches are satellite bank branches located inside large retail spaces, such as supermarkets or chains like Walmart and Safeway.

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OCC and FDIC issue proposed rules to undo Madden

CFPB Monitor

The OCC and FDIC issued proposed rules this week intended to eliminate the uncertainty created by the Second Circuit’s decision in Madden v. Comments on the FDIC’s proposal must be submitted no later than 60 days after the date the proposal is published in the Federal Register. Midland Funding. 85 [or 12 U.S.C

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