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MAY 6, 2019

The news came Thursday (May 2) that, per a ruling in federal court in New York, the State Department of Financial Services can move forward with a suit that looks to derail national bank charters for FinTech companies. The national licenses would let FinTechs lend money and paychecks to consumers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The Kenyan National Assembly is considering a law that would make mobile lenders in the country subject to central bank oversight, which would force them to reveal transactions fees and interest rates before they dole out loans. According to the nation’s central bank, “customers will be scored and advised of their credit limit.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

However, Dave Gilbert, founder and chief executive officer of SMB alternative lending firm National Funding , said he’s seen a trend of growing traction within the small business community. The company eventually changed those terms to satisfy officials. The company eventually changed those terms to satisfy officials.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2016

It feels like 2014 again with the ongoing popularity of alternative lending startups. It’s even more surprising given that 2016 could be the year that regulation begins to really kick in for these lenders — in the U.S., Alternative Lending. Find out how the more than $26.5 MarketInvoice. million funding round.

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MARCH 19, 2019

The country’s regulators have gotten tough on the shadow banking market in recent years. However, while regulators are happy to see shadow lending fade, the sector’s main borrowers — private companies — are feeling the strain. China’s $9.1 As a result, outstanding loans in the sector fell to ¥61.3

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

China’s banking regulation is in-flux. This week, JPMorgan Chase announced plans to take advantage of China’s new position on foreign competition, vowing to go “full force” in the nation. More recently, the CBIRC has expanded on those efforts to open China’s banking sector to foreign competition.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

India-based financial services provider Reliance Capital has announced it will exit the lending market. Anil Ambani , group chairman of the non-bank financial company (NBFC), revealed the firm’s plans on Monday (Sept. Last month Bloomberg reported that NBFCs in India have issued $1.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said earlier this month that it had put in place a set of action items to standardize the national experience of FinTechs and non-bank entities. We have formed a working group of state regulators to develop the model. Our FinTech industry advisory panel did include a few community banks.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The House committee held a hearing on the idea after Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks in July proposed a new special purpose national banking charter for payments companies. That last measure aims to ensure that banks lend money and provide banking services to underserved and minority consumers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

And as reported by sites such as American Banker and National Law Review , a bipartisan group of senators is working on a bill that may reform the Bank Secrecy Act, which in turn may raise the threshold for reporting currency transaction reports to $30,000, from the current levels of $10,000.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

29) that the government’s efforts to spur small business lending by pumping money into the financial services market has yielded only modest success. The publication pointed to the government’s conflicting policy of stricter lending rules as one reason why efforts to boost small business loan volumes hasn’t taken off.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The public comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) regarding the Motor Vehicle Dealers Trade Regulation Rule (the “Rule”) closed on September 15, 2022 after the FTC declined in August to extend it.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is placing pressure on the nation’s alternative lending space in a notice issued earlier this month, reports said on Friday (Sept. for example, Regulation A+ has come into effect under Title IV of the JOBS Act. In the U.S.,

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 29, 2022

and related entities (collectively, “Harris Jewelry”), a national jewelry retailer that markets and sells military-themed gifts, to resolve their lawsuit which alleged that Harris Jewelry had engaged in unlawful sales and credit practices targeting servicemembers.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 25, 2022

While creditors are allowed to price loans differently based on objective differences in creditworthiness, New York’s Fair Lending Law prohibits discrimination against protected classes for the granting, withholding, extending, renewing of credit or in the fixing of interest rates, terms or conditions of any form of credit.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Critical capital Should CRE lending be off the table? Recent headlines may lead bankers to believe that shunning commercial real estate lending is the safest path to limit or avoid credit risk, given stresses on CRE and regulatory concerns. But that might not be the best move for your financial institution or your community.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

In today’s top payments news around the world, India’s central bank wants stricter regulations for big shadow lenders, while global foreign direct investment (FDI) dropped last year and the pandemic will continue to impact it this year. The central bank of India wants more stringent regulations for large shadow lenders.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

National economic policy has China cracking down on its shadow banking market, which has also exacerbated small businesses’ struggle to access financing, analysts said. The squeeze is not helping the Chinese economy, with small businesses often playing vital roles in connecting China to the global supply chain.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

New rules may loom for technology providers pertaining to privacy — on a national level. The push comes in the wake of California passing legislation that allows consumers to demand that companies disclose how and why they are collecting data. In the banking sector at large, lenders are lending and shadow banks might be, too.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes the following key provisions that affect financial institutions and regulation of financial institutions: Section 4003 – Emergency Relief and Taxpayer Provisions. No entity currently engaged in a bankruptcy proceedings is eligible for the program.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

To challenge the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s decision to allow online payment companies and lenders to have national bank charters, the top banking regulator in New York is suing the federal government. A bill signed by Governor Andrew M. Vullo announced the release of that report in mid-August.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

Traditional institutions are picking up steam in their efforts to collaborate with alternative financiers and FinTech firms, largely viewed as a way to spin the competition into allies and upgrade their lending services without the burden of in-house R&D. However, the Federal Reserve ‘s latest analysis of the U.S.

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Perficient

MARCH 3, 2022

Federal bank regulators work together to design Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (“CCAR”) stress tests that are designed to ensure that even in the case of a severe recession, significant banks can lend to households and businesses. As repeated by federal bank regulators, the required economic scenarios are not forecasts.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

The company takes a more narrow focus to small business lending than some other FIs by targeting the western U.S. The company takes a more narrow focus to small business lending than some other FIs by targeting the western U.S. While lending practices can offer a measure of small business performance in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

As a general rule, most startups aren’t too happy when the regulator comes around, and it is rarely indicative of good news. And while that is bad news for a startup like Uber, as it turns out, instinctive fear of the regulator is not an endemic condition among startups. In the last 10 years, it has issued eight such charters.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2016

Small businesses will be crucial to the expansion of the P2P lending market across the globe, analysts from Technavio said. 1) said micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) lending will help fuel growth in the global peer-to-peer lending space between 2016 and 2020. ”

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

And regulators are getting anxious. Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. Look at technology companies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The CEO of lending platform Fincera, Li Yonghui, was arrested on Friday (Dec. Yonghui is a Canadian national and Shijiazhuang police said he allegedly illegally accepted public funds. 31, it was reported that Shanghai regulators were ordering more than 40 P2P lenders to get ready to close shop.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

5) hearing before the House Financial Services Committee , representatives from several consumer groups said “rent-a-bank” schemes harm consumers through predatory lending. She said the evasion would continue unless regulators step in or there is action by Congress to limit interest rates to no more than 36 percent APR.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

The alternative lending space is crowded — oversaturated, some may say — and in the U.S. regulation is likely headed its way. marketplace lender OnDeck, alternative lending is likely to be mainstream in Australia as soon as the end of the decade. “We are not concerned about regulation,” Bertoli stated.”If

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2020

JPMorgan ended discussions regarding an additional credit line for Germany’s BASF, which is the biggest chemical company in the world, according to sources engaged in the transaction. European regulators have noticed the trend of retreating U.S. lenders, but a senior supervisory official told FT that they can’t “force them to lend.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Soon after Lending Club revealed its ex-CEO may have artificially inflated the company’s lending volumes, the U.S. Treasury Department released its report on the sector and concluded that the market would likely benefit from greater oversight from regulators. Alternative Lending. Lendingkart.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

In a prepared statement , the country’s central bank and financial regulator said the “banks have sufficient capital to see them through the current economic slump while continuing to supply credit to the economy to support businesses and individuals.”. The MAS’ actions come after the nation enacted a third round of stimulus.

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Abrigo

APRIL 6, 2022

Takeaway 2 The change includes an obligation to inform regulators of a “notification incident” ASAP and no later than 36 hours after a reportable event occurs. Background Historically, the federal banking regulators required financial institutions to file two types of reports for certain cybersecurity incidents.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

According to a report in Reuters covering comments Sloan made at the investor conference, he said the bank is open for business and that nothing much has changed for the company. The move is unprecedented, as the Fed has never before placed limits on how large a company can get. Wells can still lend and take deposits.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Members of the Army and Air National Guard, provided they have been called to respond to a national emergency and their period of active duty is more than 30 days in a row. Active duty commissioned officers of the Public Health Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. All active-duty Reserve personnel.

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