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FDIC seeks comments on small-dollar lending

CFPB Monitor

The FDIC’s issuance of the RFI signals that the FDIC intends to follow suit. Innovation. While the OCC’s encouragement of small-dollar lending was in one sense a welcome development, the OCC bulletin raised several concerns. Unlike the FDIC, the OCC did not issue an RFI in advance of issuing its bulletin.

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Square Will Reapply for Banking License with the FDIC After Last Week’s Withdrawal

Bank Innovation

It plans to reapply with the FDIC, but did not reveal […]. Payment processor Square has withdrawn its application to become a deposit-taking bank, a move similar to online lender Social Finance or SoFi, which withdrew its application last fall.

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FDIC and Duke University announce fintech research conference

CFPB Monitor

This Wednesday April 24th, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative will host a conference titled “ Fintech and the Future of Banking ” in Arlington, Virginia.

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Grasshopper Bank advances inclusion, stamps out ‘pattern matching’

Bank Innovation

Grasshopper opened in May 2019 after securing FDIC and OCC approval, a rare distinction for a digital-only bank. Jeremy Shure, global head of Grasshopper’s early-stage practice, told Bank Innovation that the company serves founders where the banking industry […].

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How Banks Can Tap Trust As Their Foundation For Innovation

PYMNTS

Square also made the jump into officially becoming a bank this week, with the award of an ILC banking license by the FDIC. But the FinTechs, Baird noted, are adapting and innovating around that issue. LendingClub, on the other hand, started life as a FinTech, but will become a bank after buying one earlier this year.

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OCC Moves Ahead with Long-Planned and Much-Discussed Fintech Charter

Bank Innovation

It’s good news for fintechs in lending and payments that want a federal banking license, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has started accepting applications starting today. The fintech charter does not require deposit insurance from the FDIC, per a recommendation from the Treasury Department.

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Lending Club, Funding Circle And Prosper Join Forces And Form A Trade Association

PYMNTS

On the logic that everything is easier when taken on with a team, the big names in marketplace lending are joining forces and forming their own nonprofit trade association. The CEOs of Funding Circle, Lending Club and Prosper have announced the launch of the Marketplace Lending Association (MLA).

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