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OppFi files complaint to block “true lender” challenge by California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

CFPB Monitor

Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Colorado. In 2019, California enacted AB 539 which, effective January 1, 2020, limited the interest rate that can be charged on loans of $2,500 to $10,000 by lenders licensed under the California Financing Law (CFL) to 36% plus the federal funds rate.

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California Dept. of Business Oversight launches “true lender” investigation of auto title lender’s partnership with Utah bank

CFPB Monitor

Because CCBank is a state-chartered FDIC-insured bank located in Utah, Section 27(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act authorizes CCBank to charge interest on its loans, including loans to California residents, at a rate allowed by Utah law regardless of any California law imposing a lower interest rate limit.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

In the late 90s, low interest rates made speculative equity investments more attractive than bonds, and at the same time, innovative internet companies grew in popularity among retail investors, professional traders, venture capitalists, and the like (familiar?). Remember K Bank in Maryland? What caused a dot-com bubble?

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More Gain, Less Pain

Independent Banker

These agencies had input: the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, FDIC and the National Credit Union Administration. That could stifle innovation.”. Ellen Ryan is a freelance writer in Maryland. The FFIEC is reviewing an Excel version created with banker input.

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More Gain, Less Pain

Independent Banker

These agencies had input: the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, FDIC and the National Credit Union Administration. That could stifle innovation.”. Ellen Ryan is a freelance writer in Maryland. The FFIEC is reviewing an Excel version created with banker input.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Reynolds points to BankSouth’s focus on innovation as a contributing factor. I don’t pass an opportunity to make a pitch for innovative ideas,” Reynolds says. Colleen Morrison is a writer in Maryland. We’re not afraid to try things that we haven’t done before.”. How we compiled these rankings. Ed Avis is a writer in Illinois.

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California lawmakers urge FDIC to rein in bank partnerships

CFPB Monitor

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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