article thumbnail

Wells Fargo Says Lift Asset Cap To Helps SMBs

PYMNTS

loan market’s shares. Sheila Bair, former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and DC-based advocacy group Better Markets, have been among the voices calling for the asset cap to be temporarily lifted during the pandemic so that Wells can help with the CARES Act and assist SMB owners.

DC 132
article thumbnail

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.” Thus, both the OCC and FDIC have adopted regulations rejecting the Second Circuit’s Madden decision.

Utah 78
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Finance Policy Predictions 2020: AML, Authentication, Collections & CRA

FICO

In 2018, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling which struck down or vacated, in part, a previous 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order made by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In December, the FDIC and OCC issued a proposed rule to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).

article thumbnail

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"). We get that.

article thumbnail

The 35 Biggest Banking, Mortgage & BankTech Events in 2023

Fintech Labs Insights

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms. Below is our curated list of the best global banking tech events, conferences and trade shows in 2023.

article thumbnail

Can a Simple Word Change Reshape the Brokered-Deposit Market?

American Banker

Community bankers say that reclassifying "reciprocal deposits" as a less risky type of deposit will help them to compete with large banks. Some deposit brokers are crying foul, arguing that the proposed legislation would put them at a competitive disadvantage.

article thumbnail

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.