PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), over half of all banks ended up reporting a decline in profits, and 7.3 In addition, the total number of problem banks the FDIC was watching rose for the first time since 2011, with 54 firms in the first quarter, up from 51. billion, Reuters wrote. billion, Reuters wrote.

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FDIC US Lending Report 203

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 4, 2022

The FDIC has issued an “Advisory to FDIC-insured institutions Regarding Deposit Insurance and Dealings with Crypto Companies ” to address the agency’s concerns regarding misrepresentations about FDIC deposit insurance by certain crypto companies. The FDIC identifies two issues that can create customer confusion.

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American Banker

JUNE 16, 2023

FDIC directed three companies Thursday to stop making false and misleading statements about FDIC deposit insurance, its most recent effort to clamp down on misleading representations.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 23, 2022

On August 19, 2022, the FDIC issued cease and desist letters to five crypto companies, alleging they made false and misleading statements about FDIC deposit insurance and demanding immediate corrective action. The five companies are FTX US, Cryptonews.com, CryptoSec.info, SmartAsset.com, and FDICCrypto.com.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 25, 2021

The Rule will apply to a parent company of an ILC that is granted deposit insurance on or after April 1, 2021, or a parent company whose control of an ILC by reason of a change in control or merger occurs on or after April 1, 2021. The company’s second application, filed in May 2020, was withdrawn in July 2020. .

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We discuss the FDIC’s final rule on misuse of the FDIC name or logo, advisory to insured banks on deposit insurance and dealings with crypto companies, and cease and desist letters to five crypto companies alleging they made false and misleading statements about deposit insurance.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

To help meet its compliance challenges, the company's board added a former FDIC regional director. The consumer lender's stock price has fallen more than 30% since its disclosure of a looming regulatory action, which was followed by the sudden departure of its CEO.

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FDIC Compliance Regional Meeting 81

CFPB Monitor

MAY 23, 2019

The FDIC has announced that it has entered into a settlement of the lawsuit filed against it and the OCC in 2014 by a trade group and several payday lenders challenging “Operation Choke Point” — a federal enforcement initiative involving the FDIC, OCC and other federal agencies. In July 2017, the D.C.

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FDIC Operations Policies Regional 112

CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The FDIC has issued a final rule setting forth the conditions it will impose and the commitments it will require to approve a deposit insurance application from an industrial bank or industrial loan company (collectively, ILC) whose parent company is not subject to consolidated supervision by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).

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Perficient

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Seeking additional arrows in their quiver against large bank failures, on October 14, 2022, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR). Current Capital Requirements. The current long-term debt calibration for U.S. of total leverage exposure.

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Capital Regulation FDIC Regional 275

CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The FDIC has issued a request for information that seeks comment on how the FDIC can make its communications with insured depository institutions (IDIs) “more effective, streamlined, and clear.” The RFI contains specific questions on which the FDIC seeks input that address three topics: efficiency, ease of access, and content.

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Perficient

AUGUST 16, 2023

A rather small bank, as of the end of its first quarter, the bank reported $139 million in total assets and $130 million in total deposits in its FDIC Call Report. In 2011, Hanes put together a local investment group that purchased the bank from its former holding company, and he became President and CEO of the new bank.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 17, 2023

SVB Financial Group files for chapter 11 protection but failed Silicon Valley Bank, now under FDIC control, is not part of it Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday, a week after the tech lender was taken over by federal regulators following a 36-hour surge of depositor withdrawals that triggered the worst bank (..)

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 24, 2020

The FDIC has issued a proposed rule setting forth the conditions it would impose and the commitments it would require to approve a deposit insurance application from an industrial bank or industrial loan company (collectively, ILC) whose parent company is not subject to consolidated supervision by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 28, 2020

For the reasons discussed in our prior blog post , the proposal represents a significant development for fintech companies and other commercial companies seeking to establish ILCs. The FDIC’s action extends the comment deadline from June 1, 2020 to July 1, 2020.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Earlier this year, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) unveiled a proposed rule that would reshape the landscape for certain financial institutions.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 4, 2019

On April 2, 2019, the FDIC issued Financial Institution Letter FIL-19-2019 (the “Letter”) to remind financial institutions about certain contractual provisions and other requirements pertaining to technology service provider contracts.

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FDIC Technology Guidelines Security 68

CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 24, 2022

In addition, the parent company of SoFi Bank, N.A., SoFi Technologies, has applied to the Federal Reserve to become a bank holding company and therefore subject to consolidated supervision.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Talk Android posts a letter from the company in which it says there will be "no immediate impact" to accounts and that users don't need to do anything right now, with their funds housed in FDIC insured accounts with BBVA. And, the company says it wants to make the transition "as smooth as possible" for customers.

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FDIC Google User Experience Lending 336

CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The FDIC has issued a final rule that establishes a new framework for analyzing whether deposits made through deposit arrangements qualify as “brokered deposits” and amends the methodology for calculating the interest rate restrictions that apply to less than well capitalized insured depository institutions (IDIs).

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FDIC Capital National Regulation 78

CFPB Monitor

JUNE 4, 2020

As the federal regulator with supervisory authority over (non-Federal Reserve member) state banks and savings associations, the FDIC continues to play an important role in the consumer protection arena. ET, PLI will offer a one-hour briefing, “Consumer Protection: What’s Happening at the FDIC.” On June 30, 2020, at 3:00 p.m.

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FDIC Groups Lending Industry 78

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 13, 2018

McWilliams stated that the FDIC’s top priorities included: (1) reducing regulatory burden on community banks; (2) increasing the speed with which the FDIC reviews charter and deposit insurance applications; and (3) assisting banks to introduce new financial products that serve underserved communities.

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FDIC Community Lending Guidelines 68

Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The 12-year-old personal finance company, which is now worth $4 billion, announced the savings account product this week, which will roll out to U.S. The FDIC-insured savings account is offered through custodian MVB Bank. The company, however, is partnering with a network of […]. customers on Oct.

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FDIC Company Customer Experience 268

Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The 12-year-old personal finance company, which is now worth $4 billion, announced the savings account product this week, which will roll out to U.S. The FDIC-insured savings account is offered through custodian MVB Bank. The company, however, is partnering with a network of […]. customers on Oct.

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FDIC Company Customer Experience 267

Bank Innovation

JANUARY 26, 2020

Grasshopper opened in May 2019 after securing FDIC and OCC approval, a rare distinction for a digital-only bank. Jeremy Shure, global head of Grasshopper’s early-stage practice, told Bank Innovation that the company serves founders where the banking industry […].

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New York City FDIC New York Innovation 243

Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Bank Innovation’s five picks for companies that made noise in fintech this year may not include any banks, but it does include a company owned by a collection of them. Indeed, as far as innovation is concerned, 2018 was the year of the fintechs and nonbanks -- some friendlier to the traditional players than others. […].

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Apple Bank for Savings was accused of failing to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) per WSJ. The bank was recently fined in a separate charge that it failed to comply with a 2015 request by the FDIC to improve its AML compliance.

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Apple FDIC New York Compliance 150

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

FDIC) and the Treasury Department are looking to see if American Express Co. The paper reported that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is looking into business card sales tactics at the company as well, citing unnamed sources. Officials at the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Cards FDIC Policies Risk Management 242

CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2021

Mercury , a fintech company, has raised $120M in a Series B. In a separate transaction, the company is also aiming to source $5M from equity crowdfunding platform WeFunder. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING? The company reportedly witnessed a 5x increase in its customers base since last year. Want the full post?

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Digital Banking Company FDIC California 73

Bank Innovation

APRIL 24, 2019

Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin said today that he prefers private over government solutions when it comes to collecting and using consumer data for financial products and services, speaking at a fintech conference hosted here by the FDIC.

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Data FDIC Washington Conference 170

CFPB Monitor

JUNE 18, 2019

Last week, the FDIC published its Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights that provides observations about its consumer compliance supervision activities in 2018. The FDIC’s anonymized exam findings include: Overdraft Programs. Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) Section 8 Violations.

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FDIC Compliance Regulation Training 60

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 31, 2021

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Financial condition and competitive market environment and client base.

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Community Bank Community Fintech Company 78

Bank Innovation

JULY 11, 2019

German challenger bank N26 has partnered with San Diego-based Axos Bank to offer an FDIC-insured checking account and Visa debit card for U.S. The company said customers can sign up […]. The products, announced on Thursday, are now available to about 100,000 customers who were on the waitlist for the U.S. version of the app.

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San Diego Cards FDIC US 186

Perficient

JULY 12, 2023

Often an organization will have a state-charted non-member bank, which has the FDIC as its primary federal regulator. The bank holding company and Federal Reserve member legal entities fall under the Federal Reserve as its primary federal regulator. The complete 60+ page guidance is available to readers here.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 30, 2019

The three-year-old company, which has so far raised $42 million in funding, on Thursday launched Tally Save, a free app that analyzes users' spending patterns and automatically puts spare funds into an FDIC-insured savings […].

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FDIC Management Company Lending 186

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The bank is one of a few smaller lenders that has teamed up with FinTechs who need services only an FDIC-regulated institution can provide. Recently, Varo Money , a mobile bank, got FDIC approval to accept consumer deposits. The company’s shares have never since returned to their peak. million valuation.

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Fintech FDIC Boston Lending 242

Bank Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2018

The funds will go towards marketing its service as well as for laying “the foundation” to become a bank, company CEO Colin Walsh told TechCrunch. Varo, a mobile banking startup that provides an FDIC-insured bank […].

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