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Connecticut federal court allows CFPB claims to proceed against mortgage company and principals for alleged licensing and other violations

CFPB Monitor

A Connecticut federal district court has refused to dismiss claims filed by the CFPB against a mortgage company and three of its principals for alleged Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Mortgage Act and Practice (MAP) Rule, and Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) violations.

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Regulators Want Answers From Uber Over Hidden Hack

PYMNTS

Ride-hailing app company Uber, which made news when it covered up a huge data breach that exposed roughly 600,000 driver’s license numbers, could face investigations by regulators around the globe. 22), regulators in the U.K., s capital. According to a report in Fortune published Wednesday (Nov. Meanwhile, in the U.K.,

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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

PYMNTS

Department of the Treasury that charters and regulates financial institutions. The initiative was co-led by new investor Gallatin Point Capital LLC, a Connecticut private investment firm, and existing investor The Rise Fund , a global impact investment fund. OCC is an independent bureau of the U.S. million.

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OCC outlines risk plan as Northeastern loan growth doubles

Abrigo

Multifamily, commercial and automotive loans are driving loan growth among banks in the Northeast, but increasing risk will draw fresh attention from regulators to ensure recent and future growth is sound, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said recently. The OCC on Oct. The OCC on Oct. percent as measured on June 30 of this year.

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Accounting About-Face

Independent Banker

She explained why lawmakers should exempt community banks from Basel III capital rule. To their credit, federal regulators have already showed they are on board with the approach laid out in FASB’s final standard. Connecticut headquarters. is ICBA’s vice president of accounting and capital policy. By James Kendrick.

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Why Banks Merge: Listen to the Sellers

Jeff For Banks

will provide greater capital resources and operational scale that will allow us to grow as part of a larger community bank." - Loralee Hutchinson, President of Alarion Financial Services, Inc. Read: We need to be bigger and have more capital to keep up with regulation and the industry. "Our combination.

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Strategic Insight Buys BrightScope for Reported $35+ Million

Fintech Labs Insights

But RIABiz reports that the acquisition was financed by Genstar Capital and notes “outside sources peg the deal at $35 to $40 million.” Strategic Insight was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Boston, San Francisco, Samford, Connecticut, as well as around the world in the U.K.,

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