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Connecticut federal court allows CFPB claims to proceed against mortgage company and principals for alleged licensing and other violations

CFPB Monitor

A Connecticut federal district court has refused to dismiss claims filed by the CFPB against a mortgage company and three of its principals for alleged Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Mortgage Act and Practice (MAP) Rule, and Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) violations.

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NY DFS announces multistate investigation of payroll advance industry

CFPB Monitor

In its press release, the DFS claims that the investigation will look into “allegations of unlawful online lending” and “will help determine whether these payroll advance practices are usurious and harming consumers.” .” Rather, they argue that the advances are payments for compensation already earned.

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CFPB and DOJ announce redlining settlement

CFPB Monitor

The joint complaint filed by the CFPB and DOJ in federal district court in New Jersey states that the action resulted from a joint investigation by the agencies of the bank’s lending practices following the CFPB’s referral of the bank to the DOJ pursuant to the ECOA. The proposed consent order requires the bank to pay a $5.5

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $440 Million Week Ending July 23

Fintech Labs Insights

The biggest equity round ($50 million) went to Remedy Partners , a Connecticut-based health tech company. HQ: Darien, Connecticut. CircleBack Lending. Consumer lending P2P marketplace. HQ: South Glastonbury, Connecticut. Risk & compliance management for financial institutions. government. BIMA (Milvik).

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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

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Social media financial compliance specialist Gremln raised $1.4 HQ: Shelton, Connecticut. Social media management & compliance for financial institutions . HQ: Trieste, Tags: SMB, credit, lending, trade financing, underwriting, commerce. More than half the total ($46 million) went to Chinese P2P lender Weijinsuo.

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

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Alt-lending to small businesses. Marketplace lending analytics. Tags: SMB, lending, credit, underwriting, payments, point-of-sale, mobile, trade finance. Total raised: $42 million. HQ: Ahmedabad, India. Source: Crunchbase. West Creek Financial. Consumer purchase financing. Latest round: $28.5 million ($3.5 Total raised: $28.5

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FinovateSpring 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 8

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Sneak Peek Part 7: Avoka, CBW Bank, Cloud Lending Solutions, Context Relevant, Dealstruck, DriveWealth, Dwolla, Dynamics, Encap Security, EyeBuy, FIS Mobile, Kabbage, Knox Payments, Lending Tree, LendKey. Finaeos automates the back-office and capital raise compliance. HQ: Westport, Connecticut. See you in San Jose!