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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

PYMNTS

To that end, news came earlier this week in the United States that a dozen community and regional banks have formed a group aimed at exploring the opportunities amid FinTech offerings. Among the names joining up are Citizens & Northern Bank (based in Pennsylvania), Inland Bank (Illinois) and Lincoln Savings Bank (Iowa).

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DOJ announces settlement of redlining lawsuit

CFPB Monitor

The key allegations in the DOJ’s complaint are the following: During the relevant time period (2015-2021), the Newark, New Jersey-Pennsylvania Metro Division (Newark MD) as delineated in 2015 included Essex, Somerset, Union, Sussex, and Morris counties in New Jersey (Newark Lending Area). unlikely to be caused by chance) and sizeable.

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Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Banking Lays Down Ideas on How to Lover Your Regulator

Jeff For Banks

Glenn Moyer, the former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (pictured), spoke at a banking industry event this past week. His subject: How to love your regulator. Regulator relations is a pressure point in our industry. Never ask your regulator “What would you like me to do?

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Wells Fargo Taps Former Mastercard Exec To Run Merchant Services

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She graduated from Spelman College and earned her MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The company revealed that David Kowach has been named head of community banking, while Jim Hays has come on board as president and head of Wells Fargo Advisors. Her first day will be Aug.

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Ballard Spahr to hold comprehensive year-end CLE webcast series–Consumer Financial Services in Turbulent Times

CFPB Monitor

Topics will include credit card and payments regulation, fair lending, Fintech developments, enforcement developments, student and mortgage lending and servicing issues, debt collection, Community Reinvestment Act rules, and anti-money laundering.

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Widening Borrower Protection’s Scope To SMBs

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As online lending platforms proliferate among the SMB borrowing community, however, experts warn that a lack of regulation means these companies rarely publicly reveal interest rates and fees. “We have seen small businesses destroyed by online lending.” ” Knowing Their Options. .

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As DOJ Probe Widens, Fulton Financial Overhauls Fair-Lending Efforts

American Banker

The Pennsylvania company has redoubled its outreach to low- and moderate-income consumers by partnering with Operation Hope on a down payment assistance program and naming a veteran banker to the newly created post of director of fair and responsible banking.

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