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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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CFPB suspending routine supervisory examinations for MLA compliance

CFPB Monitor

On August 10, the New York Times reported that Mick Mulvaney, the CFPB Acting Director, intends to dispense with routine supervisory examinations of creditors for violations of the Military Lending Act (MLA). We agree with Acting Director Mulvaney that the CFPB lacks statutory authority to examine creditors for MLA compliance.

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Are Big Changes Coming To The Military Lending Act?

PYMNTS

Changes may soon be coming to the Military Lending Act (MLA), a piece of legislation designed to prevent military service members from getting swept up in deceptive or unfair lending practices. The product causing concern on the auto lending side of things is gap insurance. New Lending Rules .

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Small Business Borrower Sues Kabbage

PYMNTS

State and federal regulators, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are working to hold marketplace lending platforms accountable to usury law compliance, the publication noted, under the argument that the platforms are the true lenders.

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SoFi’s Bank Charter Has Almost No Chance, Former SEC Chairman Says

Bank Innovation

The charter, submitted to the State of Utah last June, would give the online lender the ability to collect deposits insured by the […].

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Lending Club Tweaks Business Model in Effort to Thwart Legal Challenges

American Banker

The nation's largest marketplace lender announced changes Friday to its partnership with Utah-based WebBank. The revisions are designed to preserve Lending Club's ability to ignore state interest rate caps.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Kukla, Senior Vice President, Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, N.C. Allen, Chief Compliance Officer, Bank of American Fork, American Fork, Utah. Quick, Vice President of Compliance, First Hope Bank, N.A., O’Connor, Senior Vice President, Lending and Operations, Community America Credit Union, Shawnee Mission, Kan.

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