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FDIC Approves Square For Banking License

PYMNTS

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) gave the green light to an application from the FinTech firm Square to create a de novo industrial bank in Utah, the agency said on Wednesday (March 18). The headquarters will be in Salt Lake City, Utah. Square launched its campaign to open a bank more than two years ago.

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Banks Fighting SoFi’s Banking Charter

PYMNTS

The Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group representing about 6,000 small banks holding almost $5T in assets, is lining up against SoFi, urging the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to reject its application to launch a banking unit.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

PYMNTS

An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956. All industrial banks are chartered in Utah – and there are only 17 such charters issued, 15 of which are currently active.

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. Shielding sensitive customer information from prying eyes remains a chronic industry challenge. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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gpi Makes SWIFT Cross-Border Gains

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Through gpi, SWIFT and its community have managed to radically innovate the very core of correspondent banking,” said Chief Marketing Officer Luc Meurant in a press release providing the business update, and where universal update is being targeted for 2020. Regulators had said a refiling would be permitted.

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Bankers Tell Me Their Top Industry Game Changers

Jeff For Banks

I teach Bank Profitability for the Washington, Utah, and Montana Bankers'' Associations EDP programs. Washington has a more traditional mix of very large and community financial institutions. Traditional community bankers see it as a support center, and staff it accordingly. Each state has its unique flavors of banking.

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The Niche Bank

Jeff For Banks

Me to a community banker: Why don't you offer more options than real estate secured lending to help fund early stage businesses? Banker: Because that's not community banking. I've been in this business over 20 years and still don't know the definition of community banking. In other words, be a General Bank. Seems risky.