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

PYMNTS

Consumer advocates are pushing federal banking regulators to do something about rent-a-banks with notoriously sky-high loan rates that prey on people with bad credit, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday (March 11). ” An uprush in predatory lending has prompted more states to institute interest rate caps. .”

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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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FDIC sides with Colorado in court tussle over high-cost loans

American Banker

is arguing that Colorado has the right to establish an interest rate cap that all state-chartered banks must follow. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Three industry groups are suing the state in an effort to stop its attempted crackdown.

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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 state court rules federal interest rate preemption for state bank loans does not extend to non-bank assignees; Ballard Spahr to hold June 19 webinar

CFPB Monitor

A Colorado state district court has ruled that a non-bank assignee of loans made by a state bank cannot charge the same interest rate that the state bank assignor can charge under Section 27(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. The ruling in Martha Fulford, Administrator, Uniform Consumer Credit Code v.

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Colo. 'true lender' settlement is path forward for bank-fintech partnerships

Payments Source

The agreement between Colorado authorities, marketplace lenders and banks offers a way to structure partnerships without triggering the wrath of state regulators.

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London FinTech Glint Pay Launches Gold-Backed Debit Card

PYMNTS

office is in Boulder, Colorado. Glint Pay is an agent of Sutton Bank , and all of the accounts are regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. They lend out more than they have.”. A company called Glint Pay has launched a debit card that’s backed by gold instead of currency, according to a report in The Denver Post.

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