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

PYMNTS

More legal troubles have emerged for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) over its plan to introduce national bank charters for FinTechs, aimed at making it easier for alternative financial services players to do business. Reports in Reuters on Thursday (Oct. Reports in Reuters on Thursday (Oct. The body of U.S.

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Banking Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements Take Effect

Abrigo

These state laws are in addition to the consumer breach notification laws adopted by all 50 states and the District of Columbia, which may require notification to a state agency as well as the consumers. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending & Credit Risk. How and When. What are the new notification requirements?

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Eight state attorneys general file lawsuit seeking to overturn OCC’s true lender rule

CFPB Monitor

However, the AG plaintiffs in the new lawsuit instead view the Rule as “an unlawful attempt” by the OCC to “facilitate predatory lending” and support “rent-a bank schemes.”. The OCC anticipated and refuted many of the Complaint’s allegations in the Supplementary Information published with the final Rule.

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Fans and Foes of OCC True Lender Rule Spar at Senate Committee “Rent-a-Bank” Hearing

CFPB Monitor

The True Lender rule clarifies when, under existing law, a national bank is the “true lender” that makes a loan in the context of an arrangement between the bank and a non-bank entity that facilitates or services the loan. Reverend Dr. Frederick D.

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Federal DC Court Overturns Closed-End Loan HMDA Reporting Threshold

CFPB Monitor

The court noted the plaintiffs asserted “that HMDA data have been invaluable in ‘uncovering and addressing redlining, fair lending violations, and other inequitable lending practices’ over the decades.” Additionally, prior to that rule, the reporting of open-end lines of credit was optional, so there was no reporting trigger. .

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Morning Scan: Barclays Settles Libor Suit; Lending Club Woes

American Banker

Barclays settles again: Barclays Bank agreed to pay $100 million to settle charges by 43 states and the District of Columbia that it tried to manipulate the London interbank offered rate thereby defrauding government entities and nonprofits out of millions of dollars. Receiving Wide Coverage.

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D.C. Circuit grants motion of U.S. for leave to file amicus brief in PHH by March 17; denies motions to intervene

CFPB Monitor

Circuit denied various motions to intervene or for reconsideration of motions to intervene as follows: The motion of the plaintiffs in State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, et al. As we previously observed, the motion appears to signal the DOJ’s intention to support PHH rather than the CFPB. In a second order , the D.C.