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Philadelphia Fed brings enforcement action against Quontic Bank

American Banker

Under a written agreement, Quontic pledged not to distribute capital without the permission of its regulators. It's the third enforcement action in five years against the small New York-based bank.

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Navy Federal contract, Republic First failure: April's top banking news

American Banker

In this month's roundup of top banking news: Navy Federal Credit Union officially launches its overseas banking program, Republic First Bank in Philadelphia falls to capital troubles and investor outrage, deeper looks at talks between Discover and Capital One and more.

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Merchant Groups Energized by Philadelphia Fed's Durbin Findings

Payments Source

A new Federal Reserve Bank report opens the door for retailer groups to push again for even lower transaction fees by deflating the argument that small banks have been harmed by the Durbin amendment's reduced debit transaction fees for larger banks.

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$20M Real Estate Sale Looks To The Blockchain

PYMNTS

The executive stated that Harbor’s design incorporates code that in turn facilitates compliance with know-your-customer laws, among other regulations. Among the ports on board: Port of Valencia, PSA Singapore, Patrick Terminals, Port of Halifax, Port of Bilbao, PortBase, PortConnect and the Port of Philadelphia.

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Will eSports And Other Online Businesses Spike Digital Taxes?

PYMNTS

One prominent player Jay ‘sinatraa’ Won, apparently discovered this fact after winning the Overwatch League’s Grand Finals in Philadelphia in 2019, tweeting that 55 percent of his prize money for that event would be taken in taxes,” the report states. Taxing Confusion. The Wayfair Impact.

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FICO Score Research: Explainable AI for Credit Scoring

FICO

Is there hope that artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches might soon “square the circle” of delivering superior pattern recognition and prediction, while also adhering to regulatory compliance? We also recently presented it at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. To learn more, see these recent blog posts.

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CFPB and DOJ announce redlining settlement

CFPB Monitor

Those MSAs were the New York City-Northern New Jersey- Long Island MSA (the “NY/NJ MSA”), the Philadelphia, PA-Camden, NJ –Wilmington, DE MSA (the “Camden MSA”), and the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT MSA (collectively, the “three Affected MSAs”). The proposed consent order requires the bank to pay a $5.5

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