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Rakuten files third application for FDIC insurance

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Per the Utah Department of Financial Institutions website, Rakuten Bank America’s application for a Utah ILC charter was received on July 26, 2019 and remains pending. . Rakuten’s first FDIC deposit insurance application was filed in July 2019, and was withdrawn in March 2020. based bank, Rakuten Bank America.

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FDIC Proposed Rule and Information Requests Target False Advertising, Use and Misuse of FDIC Name and Logo

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) and request for information (RFI) addressing “False Advertising, Misrepresentation of Insured Status and Misuse of the FDIC’s Name or Logo”.

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Southeast Asia B2B FinTech Keeps VC Wheels Turning

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Yet demand for contactless payments and digital, automated financial solutions means FinTech funding may not take as hard of a hit as other startup segments. however, funding for FinTechs actually increased to $3.7 B2B FinTech investments appear to be relatively strong, too. As an FDIC insured bank in the U.S.,

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

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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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Conference of State Bank Supervisors files new lawsuit to block OCC approval of Figure Technologies charter application

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federal district court to block the OCC from granting a national bank charter to Figure Technologies Inc. federal district court challenging the OCC’s authority to issue special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies. The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) has filed a lawsuit in D.C.

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Phlatbed CEO: How Mobile Tools Keep On-Demand Wages Moving

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million households lacked access to bank accounts as of 2019. percent in 2019, its lowest rate in a decade since the FDIC first began tracking this statistic in 2009. Another FDIC report found that 31 percent of American consumers are now using peer-to-peer (P2P) mobile wallet apps, for example. In the U.S.,

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OCC files to motion to dismiss CSBS lawsuit seeking to block OCC approval of Figure Technologies charter application

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federal district court seeking to block the OCC from granting a national bank charter to Figure Technologies Inc. The lawsuit represents CSBS’s third challenge to the OCC’s authority to issue special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies. The first two lawsuits were dismissed on ripeness grounds.