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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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FinCEN reissues real estate Geographic Targeting Orders

Abrigo

Real estate lending BSA training should include GTO guidance , specifically on how to identify red flags at loan origination. Real estate lending BSA training should include the GTOs guidance. FinCEN reissued Geographic Targeting Orders to include two new metropolitan areas. to ensure the detection of these transactions.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. It did not close because the customer base isn’t there or due to a lack of demand for its lending products. -Kyle Hill, HomeCare CEO. Product: BTCJam.

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