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Consumer Banking Predictions 2019: Four Trends to Watch

FICO

For my predictions, I’ll focus on four areas of tactical concern within consumer banking that I feel confident bank executives will make significant progress addressing 2019. We began to see a resurgence in small-dollar lending in 2018 with new regulatory guidance from the OCC and FDIC encouraging banks to compete with payday lenders.

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U.S. Farming Has A Banking Problem

PYMNTS

Analysts note that today, the percentage of professionals working in the agricultural sector remains so low that including them in national jobs calculations would not have a statistically relevant effect on overall analysis. “As percent: the growth rate of FDIC-insured bank loans to farm borrowers as of March 2019.

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OCC adopts final rule to resolve uncertainty created by Madden

CFPB Monitor

In that decision, the Second Circuit held that a nonbank that purchased charged-off loans from a national bank could not charge the same rate of interest on the loan that Section 85 of the National Bank Act allowed the national bank to charge. Midland Funding. 85] [12 U.S.C 85] [12 U.S.C

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Financial Institution Regulators Address Financial Inclusion, Expansion of Access to Credit, and Further Consumer Protection from Discrimination

CFPB Monitor

FFIEC : On June 5, 2020, the members of the FFIEC (FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), CFPB, NCUA and the State Liaison Committee) issued an unprecedented statement on the importance of financial inclusion. This blog post contains a summary of those efforts.

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California Dept. of Business Oversight launches “true lender” investigation of auto title lender’s partnership with Utah bank

CFPB Monitor

In 2019, California enacted AB-539, the Fair Access to Credit Act (FACA), which, effective January 1, 2020, limits the interest rate that can be charged on loans of $2,500 to $10,000 by lenders licensed under the California Financing Law (CFL) to 36% plus the federal funds rate. The FDIC has not yet proposed a similar rule.

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CARES Act includes provisions affecting financial institutions and their regulation: some key provisions

CFPB Monitor

Section 4008 of the CARES Act authorizes the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to establish a debt guarantee program to guarantee the debt of solvent insured depository institutions and depository institution holding companies. Section 4008 – Debt Guaranty Authority.

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California court rejects OppFi’s attempt to block DFPI’s “true lender” challenge to loans made through bank partnership

CFPB Monitor

In 2019, California enacted AB 539 which, effective January 1, 2020, limited the interest rate that can be charged on loans less than $10,000 but more than $2,500 by lenders licensed under the California Financing Law (CFL) to 36% plus the federal funds rate. The identity of the real lender was not at issue.