Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. The better prepared, the less likely they are to run afoul of the continually shifting regulations. Here are several timely suggestions to consider based on recent regulatory trends they see.

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Compliance Regulation Community Bank Community 101

Abrigo

MAY 24, 2023

Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the same hearing. “The lack of electronic records in this world makes it easy to move money that shouldn’t be moved.” Without full access to the banking and payments system, legal cannabis businesses are forced to operate in the shadows,” said Sen.

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Lending Fraud Operations Ohio 195

PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2017

The charter is optional for FinTechs and is aimed at providing a stamp of approval by the OCC for having good compliance practices. Other concerns are that the OCC doesn’t understand FinTech and therefore shouldn’t regulate it. Among the states that have issue with it are New York, Florida, Ohio and California.

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Fintech Ohio Florida Oregon 109

American Banker

JUNE 13, 2023

Vance, R-Ohio, lambasted the Federal Reserve for increasing the dominance of "too big to fail" banks and failing to rein in systemic risk. He asked whether the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a better regulator than the Fed.

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Ohio Regulation System Compliance 41

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The DBO indicated that it “is investigating whether LoanMart’s role in the arrangement is so extensive as to require compliance with California’s lending laws. While several states oppose the preemption of state usury laws in the context of bank/nonbank partnerships, federal banking regulators have taken a different stance.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Under the right circumstances, providing residential mortgages that fall outside of the new federal Qualified Mortgage definition could help a community bank grow its lending, some community bankers say. a $613 million-asset community bank serving central and northern Wisconsin that engages in non-QM lending. Still holding back.

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Community Bank Lending Community Survey 70

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Acquisition of the Year: The No Time to Breathe Award.

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Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216