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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

Abrigo

By leveraging their strengths in relationship lending and their access to technology in order to grow the small business loan portfolio profitably. CFIs are poised to regain the small business lending market Community Financial Institutions can leverage technology to improve customer experience and regain the small business lending market.

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

Bank Innovation

Payment processor Square has withdrawn its application to become a deposit-taking bank, a move similar to online lender Social Finance or SoFi, which withdrew its application last fall.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

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FDIC Seeks Public Comment On Banks And Small-Dollar Loans

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that it is has issued a request for public comments related to small-dollar lending by financial institutions. ” Recent research from the FDIC shows 20 percent of U.S. With that in mind, the FDIC suggests that in 2017, 14.8

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BBVA To Close Simple, Move Customers Over To BBVA USA

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After Simple Bank launched as an online bank specializing in high-interest savings accounts, the current economic climate ended up making it unfeasible. Being FDIC insured won't have any impact on deposits and Simple's app, cards and website will continue to work, the Talk Android report says. So BBVA pulled the plug.

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FinTech LendingClub Buys Radius Bank For $185M

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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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Citizens Financial To Launch Online Consumer Bank

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Citizens Financial Group announced on Monday (May 14) plans to launch Citizens Access, a nationwide direct-to-consumer online bank. In a press release , Citizens Financial said the digital platform will offer FDIC-insured deposits products aimed at serving people who want to save and want the flexibility of an online banking service.

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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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