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California’s Proposed Business Lending Rules Draw Support

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Proposed regulations would give small businesses in California the nation’s most extensive set of truth-in-lending protections for small business borrowers. . In 2018, California began the journey of establishing lending transparency for small businesses in the state.

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National Australia Bank Builds SME Lending Features

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With home loan growth expected to slow to 4 percent in 2018, National Australia Bank (NAB) wants to build its business elsewhere, namely in SME lending. Finally, National Australia Bank is also looking to streamline SME customer on-boarding, allowing sole traders to open an online account in about 10 minutes.

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PayPal (Maybe) Pulls Ahead Of The SMB Lending Pack

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Data from Invoice2go found that sole proprietors and businesses with only a handful of employees showed a weakened performance compared to the same period of 2018, with overall revenue growth rates slowing from 14 percent in 2017 to just 3 percent in 2018. middle-market in the recently released Golub Capital Altman Index.

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New York Department of Financial Services settles enforcement action with community bank over auto dealer fair lending allegations

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Following up on a threat it made back in 2018 , the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced on October 6, 2022 that it entered into a consent order with Rhinebeck Bank (“Rhinebeck”) to settle discrimination claims involving discretionary dealer markups on retail installment contracts with minority borrowers.

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Today In Payments Around The World: India’s Central Bank Aims To Clamp Down On Shadow Lenders; Global FDI Falls By 42 Pct

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In today’s top payments news around the world, India’s central bank wants stricter regulations for big shadow lenders, while global foreign direct investment (FDI) dropped last year and the pandemic will continue to impact it this year. The central bank of India wants more stringent regulations for large shadow lenders.

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Reg Tracker: National Tech Privacy, Facial Recognition Rules Loom (Perhaps)

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New rules may loom for technology providers pertaining to privacy — on a national level. In another nod toward privacy, Microsoft wants to see government regulation of facial recognition technology. In the banking sector at large, lenders are lending and shadow banks might be, too. Facial Recognition’s Need for Legislation?

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Fed Finds Biz Lending Swell Continues, But There’s A Downside

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Traditional institutions are picking up steam in their efforts to collaborate with alternative financiers and FinTech firms, largely viewed as a way to spin the competition into allies and upgrade their lending services without the burden of in-house R&D. However, the Federal Reserve ‘s latest analysis of the U.S.

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