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Varo Achieves Milestone AsĀ First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

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On Friday (July 31), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Varo Bank has been granted its full-service national bank charter. Department of the Treasury that charters and regulates financial institutions. Varo is the first consumer FinTech to receive a new national bank charter from the U.S.

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OCC seeking comments in connection with review of regulations on national bank and federal savings association electronic activities

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The OCC has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comments in connection with a comprehensive review of its regulations on electronic activities of national banks ( 12 CFR part 7, subpart E ) and federal savings associations ( 12 CFR part 155 ). Comments on the ANPR must be received by August 3, 2020.

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Innovating The ATM Beyond Cash

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The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the pace of digital innovation across the financial sector, and credit unions (CUs) are no exception. Many CUs are investing heavily in new digital technologies to help serve their members during the COVID-19 pandemic, but not all innovations are successful.

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Banking Innovation Enters New Era; Consolidation Now The Rule

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What makes the current developments so interesting and exciting is that ā€œwe're just seeing that they're at the end of the innovation growth cycle,ā€ he explained. All of these new FinTechs and digital innovators are changing the landscape as the role of payments rapidly shifts in the broader financial services arena.

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Varo crosses 1 million customers, with plans to become a bank by 2020

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Digital banking brand Varo has 1 million customers, and is pushing ahead with plans to become a nationally-chartered bank early next year, CEO Colin Walsh told Bank Innovation Tuesday.

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Credit Unions Unite Behind Digital Banking

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Early innovators managed cooperatives using the same founding principle that CUs use today: members-first finance in place of indifferent, legacy-style banking. That help is forthcoming, as in the case of the Central Bank of Ireland , which is changing regulations to favor more CU lending with higher limits.

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ECB's Lagarde: Bitcoin A Money Laundering Tool, Needs More Regulation

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Bitcoin is about to get even more scrutiny by regulators, on a global stage. At least it seems so, if recent comments by European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde are any indication. As reported by Reuters this week, Lagarde said at a conference sponsored by the newswire that bitcoin should be regulated ā€” worldwide.

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