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Wells Fargo Says Lift Asset Cap To Helps SMBs

PYMNTS

Now, the bank said it can only lend $10 billion of the overall $350 billion the government wants to be sent out to mitigate damage to small- and medium-sized business (SMB) owners during the coronavirus pandemic. And the bank will be donating all fees from the program to nonprofits that support SMBs during the pandemic.

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

CFPB Monitor

Because CCBank is a state-chartered FDIC-insured bank located in Utah, Section 27(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act authorizes CCBank to charge interest on its loans, including loans to California residents, at a rate allowed by Utah law regardless of any California law imposing a lower interest rate limit.

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Dear Mr./Ms. Bank Regulator

Jeff For Banks

August 2, 2014 Mr. John Whatshisname Examiner In Charge Bank Regulatory Body 1 Bureaucrat Way, NW Washington, DC 20429 Mr. Whatshisname, Below is our response to the Matters Requiring Attention ("MRA") that were included in your most recent examination report on Schmidlap National Bank ("Schmidlap"). And Schmidlap is not gonna take it.

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Yes, I really did just accept an a position on the Consumer Advisory Board of the CFPB! (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)

Javelin Strategy & Research

This will require several trips a year to Washington, DC along with several touch-points, and I’m looking forward to getting acquainted with the CFPB’s staff and other 24 Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) members. I just accepted a position on the Consumer Advisory Board of the CFPB. I have a lot to learn! I’d like to hear from you.

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Acting Comptroller discusses crypto risks, including use of bank-like terminology

CFPB Monitor

In remarks at the DC Fintech Week conference on October 11, 2022 and in a keynote address later the same day at a roundtable conducted by the Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J.

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2017 Banking Regulatory Predictions—Brace for a Sea Change

FICO

consumer lending market anticipated 2017 would be more of the same. This means that the future fate of controversial rulemaking, such as the CFPB’s arbitration and small dollar lending proposals that began under a Democratic administration, will be subject to the Republican Congress’ potential use of the CRA.