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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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OCC approves national bank charter applications of fintech company

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SoFi) to create SoFi Bank, National Association (SoFi Bank, N.A.), 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.

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

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A California federal district court judge recently rejected the California AG’s challenge (in which other states joined) to the FDIC’s rule and, in a separate lawsuit, also rejected a challenge by the California AG and other state AGs to the OCC’s Madden -fix rule codified at 12 C.F.R. Section 7.4001(e).

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California court rejects OppFi’s attempt to block DFPI’s “true lender” challenge to loans made through bank partnership

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Thus, there was no doubt in Jones that [a national bank] was the actual lender and that [the national bank] qualified for an exemption from the usury restrictions. The FDIC’s view at that time was that state law controls when a loan is made by a state bank and the FDIC could not preempt state law on this issue.

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Fed proposal to revise control rules would not create alternative to OCC fintech charter

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As a result, it would not provide an alternative for fintech companies that are considering filing an application with the OCC for a special purpose national bank (SPNB) charter or for an industrial bank charter in a state such as Utah, that permits such charters. For more on the proposal, see the attached discussion.

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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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An amicus brief in opposition to OppFi’s Demurrer was filed by the following consumer advocacy groups: Center for Responsible Lending, California Reinvestment Coalition, Consumer Federation of California, National Consumer Law Center, Public Law Center, and UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice.

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NY federal district court deals blow to OCC fintech charter

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In doing so, the court found that the term “business of banking” as used in the National Bank Act (NBA) “unambiguously requires receiving deposits as an aspect of the business.”. National Resources Defense Council, Inc. The court’s textual analysis started with a review of the powers of national banks under the NBA.

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