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Digital Exercise Brands Get Pumped Up As In-Person Fitness Loses Muscle

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But that national network of body-sculpting palaces is in disarray today, with major chains including Gold’s Gym and 24-Hour Fitness filing for Chapter 11 relief due to the coronavirus pandemic, along with a slew of other operators from privately owned yoga studios to fitness centers. billion visits for the year.”.

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Bump On The Road To National FinTech Charters?

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The news came Thursday (May 2) that, per a ruling in federal court in New York, the State Department of Financial Services can move forward with a suit that looks to derail national bank charters for FinTech companies. The national licenses would let FinTechs lend money and paychecks to consumers.

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Divided Tenth Circuit panel rules national bank’s extended overdraft fee are not “interest” under the NBA

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BOKF, National Association that the extended overdraft fees charged by BOKF were not “interest” under the National Bank Act (NBA). Section 85 allows a national bank to charge “interest at the rate allowed by the laws of the State…where the bank is located.” The first regulation is 12 C.F.R. A divided panel of the U.S.

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2022 Dodd-Frank Stress Test Scenarios Released

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Federal bank regulators work together to design Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (“CCAR”) stress tests that are designed to ensure that even in the case of a severe recession, significant banks can lend to households and businesses. As repeated by federal bank regulators, the required economic scenarios are not forecasts.

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Today In Payments Around The World: Visa Debuts Europe FinTech Partnership Program; Payments Canada Teams With Mastercard’s Vocalink 

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It will be run by Payments Canada and regulated by the Bank of Canada. Supervisory authorities will continue exercising their mandate to monitor the application of the GDPR and enforce it,” the EDPB said in its recommendations. The RTR is forecasted to roll out in 2022. UK BaaS Railsbank Closes $37M Funding Deal To Support US Growth.

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Flywheel To Shutter Some Cycling Locations

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In the latest reported sign that boutique fitness studios are struggling to keep pace with home exercise offerings, Flywheel Sports Inc. According to a Flywheel spokesman, “We decided to take a look at our national footprint and close studios that were under-performing. is shuttering over a quarter of its locations. for an IPO.

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EU Regulators May Launch X-Border eCommerce Investigation

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There appears to be some dirty pool taking place over eCommerce between countries in the European Union, and antitrust regulators might be taking action to sort it out. Assessing whether this is a genuine concern or a pretext to separate the internal market is a delicate exercise in each of these cases.”