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Truist mulls a restructuring of its underwater bond portfolio

American Banker

The North Carolina-based bank is considering the idea of selling a portion of its securities portfolio as a way to build capital, CEO Bill Rogers said Tuesday. At the end of the third quarter, Truist's securities were worth about 20% less than what the company paid for them.

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Update on state small business commercial financing disclosure laws

CFPB Monitor

Around the nation, regulators are preparing to implement and enforce new consumer-like disclosure laws for small business commercial finance providers. New York regulators have yet to issue final regulations implementing the state’s Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL), which went into effect on January 1, 2022.

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Latest DOJ redlining settlement offers warning about M&A

American Banker

ran into trouble in connection with North Carolina operations it acquired from Yadkin Financial in 2017. First National Bank of Pennsylvania, a unit of FNB Corp.,

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NY DFS announces multistate investigation of payroll advance industry

CFPB Monitor

The DFS states that the investigation will focus on “whether companies are in violation of state banking laws, including usury limits, licensing laws and other applicable laws regulating payday lending and consumer protection laws.” Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation. Oklahoma Department of Consumer Credit.

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PayPal Scraps Charlotte Expansion Plans, Citing Anti-LGBT Law

Payments Source

is scrapping plans to build an operations center in Charlotte, North Carolina, saying that recent legislation passed in the state undercuts the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. PayPal Holdings Inc.

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State AGs urge Mulvaney to continue use of disparate impact theory of ECOA liability

CFPB Monitor

57, disapproving of the CFPB’s Bulletin 2013-2 regarding “Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.” They assert that action by the CFPB in derogation of those regulations would violate the Administrative Procedure Act.

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OppFi files complaint to block “true lender” challenge by California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

CFPB Monitor

The OCC’s attempt to provide a clear bright line test for determining when a bank is the “true lender” in a bank-model program through a regulation was overturned by Congress under the Congressional Review Act.) Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Colorado.