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Ballard Spahr Submits Comment Letter to OCC in Support of Proposed True Lender Rule

CFPB Monitor

The recharacterization threat also diminishes both the opportunity for innovation in lending products and the availability of credit, especially for consumers with risker credit profiles. Citibank (South Dakota), N.A., 12 U.S.C. § 1 (emphasis added). As the Supreme Court instructed in Smiley v.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. The fizzle wears on.

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