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Attorney General for District of Columbia Files “True Lender” Complaint Against Elevate Bank Program

CFPB Monitor

The Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Karl A. Racine, (the “AG”) has filed a complaint against Elevate Credit, Inc. (“Elevate”) in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia alleging violations of the D.C.

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State Bank Regs File Suit To Block OCC’s Bank Charter

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District Court for the District of Columbia after reports in The Wall Street Journal last month revealed the CSBS’ plans for such a suit. The NYDFS filed its lawsuit last month , with Superintendent Maria Vullo slamming the OCC’s initiative as “lawless, ill-conceived and destabilizing of financial markets.”

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FinCEN reissues real estate Geographic Targeting Orders

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Real estate lending BSA training should include GTO guidance , specifically on how to identify red flags at loan origination. At the end of 2021, the Biden administration announced that they would pay closer attention to corruption in the real estate market, with a special focus on all-cash commercial and residential real estate transactions.

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House Hearing Signals Fireworks On Big Tech Antitrust Issues

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8), the AGs focused on Facebook include Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Iowa and the District of Columbia. Take the tech sector: You have seen a lot of innovation, but you also have platforms with network effects that lend themselves to scale.”. At this writing (Sunday, Sept. The Hearing.

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Giving Truckers Better Loans Can Lower Carbon Footprints: Here’s Why

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Most auto manufacturers make 50 state models of the cars they sell — which means California’s emissions standards often become the de facto standard for new vehicles built and brought to market. But the question shouldn’t be about how to decide between these two things — but how to provide for them both.

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State AGs criticize CFPB plans to end MLA exams

CFPB Monitor

Section 987(f)(6)) that states the MLA “shall be enforced by the agencies specified in section 108 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. They cite to the MLA provision (10 U.S.C. 1607) in the manner set forth in that section or under any other applicable authorities available to such agencies by law.” Such agencies include the CFPB.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

Fresco’s head of community marketing, Johnathan Hamiter, began sending employees private Slack messages saying funding seemed “pretty bleak” and encouraging them to look for other jobs. Unfortunately, we were not able to find our place in the market. But we just didn’t feel as confident in that market.”. Around 4 p.m.,

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