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Colorado's new law on high-cost lending may be a model for other states

American Banker

The measure will prevent banks chartered elsewhere from charging interest rates above Colorado's 36% rate cap. If additional states take the same approach, it could hamper the business model for high-cost consumer lenders that partner with banks.

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Colorado Settlement Opens Door For Fintech Lenders

Banking Exchange

Colorado may soon witness an influx of new fintech lenders following the conclusion of a long-running legal case Compliance Technology Fair Lending Feature3 Fintech Feature Mobile Online Tech Management Compliance Management Compliance/Regulatory.

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Colorado passes 36% payday loan rate cap

CFPB Monitor

By an overwhelming vote (approximately 1,4270,000 million to 433,000), Colorado voters passed Proposition 111, a ballot initiative that places a 36 percent APR cap on payday loans. According to American Banker, the passage of Proposition 111 makes Colorado the fifth state to impose rate caps on payday loans through a voter referendum.

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Industry groups sue over Colorado's crackdown on high-cost lending

American Banker

A lawsuit filed by the American Fintech Council and two other trade groups has implications for other states that also want to keep out high-cost consumer lenders.

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Colorado Settlement Provides a Possible Path Forward for Certain Bank-Fintech Online Lending Partnerships

CFPB Monitor

We have previously blogged about the lawsuits filed by the Colorado Attorney General against fintechs Avant and Marlette Funding and their partner banks WebBank and Cross River Bank. Supreme Court, a Colorado appellate court (after any chance for appeal has run) or the FDIC adopts a “true lender” test that differs from the safe harbor).

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Colorado Attorney General Bans Financial Services Companies from State for Alleged Conflict of Interest

CFPB Monitor

The Colorado Attorney General reached a $175,263 settlement with a lender and a debt management company that are owned and operated by the same individuals. The Colorado Attorney General alleged the companies violated Colorado law when the lender issued loans to customers of the related debt management company.

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Predatory ‘Rent-a-Bank’ Lending Practices Trigger Calls For Regulation

PYMNTS

“A few banks are making [state consumer] protections moot…[and] regulators haven’t stopped them,” said Alex Horowitz, a senior research officer at the Pew Charitable Trusts, a nonprofit organization that has studied subprime lending. ” An uprush in predatory lending has prompted more states to institute interest rate caps.

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