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Utah: The fintech frontier

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Fintechs looking to expand beyond their Bay Area or New York City headquarters have welcomed an unlikely visitor in recent years: Utah Gov. The governor is a great salesperson,” said Val Hale, executive director for the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Gary Herbert. “The

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

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Thereafter, “using its existing lending operations and personnel, LoanMart commenced ‘marketing’ and ‘servicing’ auto title loans purportedly made by CCBank, a small Utah-chartered bank operating out of Provo, Utah.” Thus, both the OCC and FDIC have adopted regulations rejecting the Second Circuit’s Madden decision.

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Call It Alt-Credit Or POS Lending, ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Just Got Bigger

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Utah-based FuturePay has consistently appeared in PYMNTS’ top 5 alternative credit apps, with its offer of flexible monthly payments for consumers and up-front settlement for merchants. Klarna also launched its new “Klarna: Swedish for smooother shopping” campaign in June. The account comes with 1.30

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OCC approves national bank charter applications of fintech company

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as a full service national bank headquartered in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The bank will also provide a fully digital, mobile-first national lending platform for consumers across the country. The OCC announced this week that it has conditionally approved applications from Social Finance Inc.

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SoFi Officially Files For A Bank Charter Of Its Own

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Which means it really doesn’t come as all that huge a surprise that as of June 6th, SoFi had applied for a new (de novo) bank charter according to the FDIC. Officially SoFi is looking for an industrial loan charter under the name SoFi Bank in Utah. SoFi has confirmed the news. The bank will offer no other products and services.”.

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California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation responds to OppFi’s attempt to block “true lender” challenge to loans made through bank partnership

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The other provision is Section 22324 which prohibits “contract[ing] for or “negotiat[ing] in this state for a loan to be made outside of the state for purpose of evading or avoiding” California lending law.

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SoFi’s Bank Charter Has Almost No Chance, Former SEC Chairman Says

Bank Innovation

The charter, submitted to the State of Utah last June, would give the online lender the ability to collect deposits insured by the […].

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