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FDIC Encourages Participation with the Financial Institution Diversity Self-Assessment

CFPB Monitor

On March 15, 2021, the FDIC’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) released a Financial Institution Letter regarding diversity self-assessments. The FDIC’s request mirrors those by shareholder activists to obtain greater disclosure from corporate boards on the efficacy of their diversity programs.

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Federal and State Banking Regulators Issue New Examination Procedures on Sampling Methodologies, UDAP/UDAAP, and CARES Act

CFPB Monitor

Recently, the federal banking regulators issued four new sets of examination procedures. The booklet contains examination procedures regarding supervision of OCC-regulated banks and savings associations related to Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“UDAP”) and Sections 1031 and 1036 of the Dodd-Frank Act (“UDAAP”).

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California DFPI announces consent order with auto title loan servicer that was subject of “true Lender” investigation

CFPB Monitor

The consent order includes the statement that LoanMart, by entering into the consent order, “neither admits nor denies that it has violated any California law or regulation.”

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Fintech Startup of the Week: Challenger Jiko Buys a $100M U.S. Bank

Fintech Labs Insights

But regulators are not exactly on board. And more recently, Lending Club has a $185M acquisition of Radius Bank pending, though the lender’s $80M Q2 loss is not going to help ease regulators’ concerns. You’d think that Jiko was looking to leverage FDIC insurance to put its customers at ease. CBW Bank in a similar category.

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Why Many Banks Are Hanging On to FDIC Loss-Share Pacts

American Banker

Plenty of banks have ended their federal loss-share deals early, but despite the incentives to wind them down, plenty more still have these crisis-era arrangements in place. It may be due to varying deadlines, mistakes calculating loan values or worries that they still might need the coverage for home equity lines.

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PacWest Hires Ex-Regulator as Chief Risk Officer

American Banker

PacWest Bancorp in Los Angeles has named Stanley Ivie, a regional director for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., its chief risk officer and an executive vice president. He started Monday.

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Deposit Growth Outlook Dims for Small Banks

American Banker

Large banks are outpacing community banks in deposit gathering because new liquidity rules make deposits more valuable to the biggest banks, mobile banking has been a deposit magnet for the heavyweights, and regional and midsize players hold certain advantages over smaller rivals, too.