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This week’s podcast: a conversation with Paul Watkins, Director of the CFPB’s Office of Innovation

CFPB Monitor

Our guest for this week’s podcast is Paul Watkins, Director of the CFPB’s Office of Innovation. The Office has taken over the Bureau’s work that was formerly done under Project Catalyst, the initiative launched by the CFPB in 2012 for facilitating innovation in consumer financial products and services.

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CFPB and Utah AG announce joint office hours in Salt Lake City as part of ACFIN

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB and Utah AG’s Office have announced that they will hold the first joint office hours as part of the American Consumer Financial Innovation Network (ACFIN). The joint office hours will be held on January 30, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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CFPB and Colorado Attorney General announce joint virtual office hours as part of AFCIN

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB and the Colorado AG’s Office have announced they will hold joint virtual office hours as part of the American Consumer Financial Innovation Network (ACFIN). The CFPB’s announcement invites innovators to request a meeting and describe the topic(s) they would like to discuss during their virtual session.

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Wyoming creates fintech sandbox

CFPB Monitor

Earlier this year, Wyoming became the second state to create a financial technology (fintech) sandbox by enacting the “ Financial Technology Sandbox Act ” (Sandbox Act). Arizona was the first state to create a fintech sandbox and we will soon be publishing a blog post about Utah’s new fintech sandbox.)

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CFPB, CFTC Develop FinTech Regulatory Sandbox

PYMNTS

And at the same time, if you overregulate, you sort of tamp down that creativity and you discourage the innovation.”. While the Dodd-Frank Act allows the CFPB to implement ways to foster innovation, the agency’s efforts have largely been seen as inadequate. But the U.S.

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Online lending summit speakers discuss SPNB charters, CFPB trial disclosure policy, alternative data

CFPB Monitor

earlier this week, the OCC’s recent decision to accept applications from non-depository financial technology firms for a special purpose national bank (SPNB) charter was the focus of considerable discussion. At the Online Lending Policy Institute’s (OLPI) annual summit in Washington, D.C.

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Fintech needs more regulatory 'sandboxes'

Payments Source

Although there's often a tension between regulation and innovation, the sandbox concept can help startups, regulators and incumbent banks better navigate experimental financial technologies.

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