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FDIC: US Bankless Rate Set To Rise

PYMNTS

The number of Americans without bank accounts is expected to spike again in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic after hitting a low last year, according to a new report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC). percent in 2019, the lowest since the FDIC began tracking this stat in 2009. The unbanked rate jumped to 8.6

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Rakuten files third application for FDIC insurance

CFPB Monitor

based bank, Rakuten Bank America. 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 Rakuten’s first FDIC deposit insurance application was filed in July 2019, and was withdrawn in March 2020.

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Bank trade groups seek more time to comment on FDIC proposed signage and advertising rule

CFPB Monitor

In a letter sent earlier this month, the Bank Policy Institute, the American Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America (the “trade groups”) have asked the FDIC for more time to comment on the agency’s proposal , published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2022, to update its existing regulations governing use and misuse (..)

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Bank of America personnel, tech spend rises in Q1

BankInovation

Bank of America saw noninterest expenses increase year over year as employee and technology costs increased during the first quarter of 2023. billion, “driven by seasonal elevation from payroll taxes, FDIC insurance expense and the cost of adding people,” Bank of […] WHY IT MATTERS: The $3.1

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Second, the hedge provider must be an FDIC insured institution and structure its hedges as a qualified financial contract (QFC). We see substantial risk to community banks in dealing with non-FDIC hedge providers or those that do not offer QFC protection – think Lehman Brothers.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Second, the hedge provider must be an FDIC insured institution and structure its hedges as a qualified financial contract (QFC). We see substantial risk to community banks in dealing with non-FDIC hedge providers or those that do not offer QFC protection – think Lehman Brothers.

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Trade Groups Say “No Thanks” to Notion that FDIC Should Consult CFPB Before Approving Bank Mergers

CFPB Monitor

One issue raised in the RFI is “to what extent should the CFPB be consulted by the FDIC when considering the convenience and needs factor and should that consultation be formalized?”. Whether the FDIC finds these arguments persuasive is yet to be seen.

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