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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 Payment processor Square has withdrawn its application to become a deposit-taking bank, a move similar to online lender Social Finance or SoFi, which withdrew its application last fall.

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FinTech LendingClub Buys Radius Bank For $185M

PYMNTS

LendingClub provides personal lending online, and it wants access to funding that is more stable and not as expensive. The bank is one of a few smaller lenders that has teamed up with FinTechs who need services only an FDIC-regulated institution can provide. Radius is based in Boston and has in the neighborhood of $1.4

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House Financial Services Committee announces January hearings on CRA, “rent-a-bank schemes,” mobile payments

CFPB Monitor

(The hearing is likely to address the rules proposed by the OCC and FDIC in November 2019 to eliminate the uncertainty created by the Second Circuit’s decision in Madden v. Reviewing the Rise of Mobile Payments.”. Midland Funding. Click here to read our blog about the proposals.).

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FDIC issues research paper on use of digital footprints to assess creditworthiness

CFPB Monitor

The FDIC’s Center for Financial Research has issued a research paper that discusses the use of the information contained in a “digital footprint,” meaning the information that people leave online by accessing or registering on a website, for predicting consumer default. tablet or mobile). The operating system (e.g. iOS or Android).

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New CRA Guidance Promotes Use of Alternative Data in Lending

FICO

The potential of alternative data in consumer lending decisions continues to be a hot topic in Washington, D.C., The Act requires federal banking agencies (the OCC, FDIC and Federal Reserve – “Agencies”) to conduct periodic reviews of each depository institution’s efforts in this area.

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OCC approves national bank charter applications of fintech company

CFPB Monitor

The bank will also provide a fully digital, mobile-first national lending platform for consumers across the country. This levels the playing field and will ensure that SoFi’s deposit and lending activities are conducted safely and soundly, including limiting the bank’s ability to engage in crypto-asset activities.”

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FIS, Fiserv, Infosys In The Running For Robinhood’s Bank Business

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FIS, Fiserv or Infosys will be tapped to provide the processing software for Robinhood’s upcoming mobile bank if it receives approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Marcus, the online lending unit of Goldman Sachs, uses Infosys for its core banking platform, the report noted. retail consumers.

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