PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 15, 2022

Four Democratic members of the California state legislature recently sent a letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) urging the agency to take action against FDIC-supervised banks that partner with non-bank lenders to originate high-cost installment loans.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The CFPB was a few weeks away from releasing new draft regulations, and the money was on regs that would by and large neuter the industry. This has the potential to decimate an entire industry,” one payday lending executive told PYMNTS shortly after the rules dropped. “By So, we’re not asking the 8-Ball; we’re asking the experts.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The Attorneys General of California, Illinois, and New York have filed their opposition to the OCC’s cross-motion for summary judgment in their lawsuit to enjoin the OCC’s final rule (Rule) purporting to override the Second Circuit’s Madden decision as to national banks and federal savings associations.

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