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Another Maryland threat to bank partner model lending

CFPB Monitor

A Maryland administrative action recently removed to the state’s federal district court illustrates how Maryland law continues to present challenges for the bank partner structure used by many lenders. Atlanticus/Fortiva performs all of the collections, servicing, payment and remittance operations in connection with the accounts.

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California Dept. of Business Oversight launches “true lender” investigation of auto title lender’s partnership with Utah bank

CFPB Monitor

Thereafter, “using its existing lending operations and personnel, LoanMart commenced ‘marketing’ and ‘servicing’ auto title loans purportedly made by CCBank, a small Utah-chartered bank operating out of Provo, Utah.” The DOB indicated that such loans have interest rates greater than 90 percent.

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Stand Up. Step Up. Speak Up

Independent Banker

Educating a new member, says Anderson, is “helping lawmakers to understand what it means to be a community banker today, not what it was like in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ because a lot of times people don’t realize how burdensome it has become for our members to operate in the current regulatory environment.”. Michael Blankenheim.

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Efficiency now: 8 smart strategy tips

Independent Banker

Community banks need to take advantage of the digitalization of banking operations.”. ? You don’t go to school to learn how to become head of deposit operations. When designing an operating budget, one obstacle is the unpredictability of the COVID-19 virus. This isn’t the time to operate under pressure on head counts.”.

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The Fastest Path To Faster Payments In The US

PYMNTS

doesn’t have to be paved with a 500+ person task force analyzing what the world would look like if we were starting from a clean sheet of paper, competing propositions for who’s going to build and operate a new set of rails, or even what sort of spiffy software can make existing rails faster. The path to faster payments in the U.S.

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