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FDIC issues proposed rule for approval of ILC deposit insurance applications

CFPB Monitor

The FDIC has issued a proposed rule setting forth the conditions it would impose and the commitments it would require to approve a deposit insurance application from an industrial bank or industrial loan company (collectively, ILC) whose parent company is not subject to consolidated supervision by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).

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CFPB: Are They Coming to Get You?

Jeff For Banks

According to my firm's profitability peer group, a branch with $74 million in average deposits made a mere pre-tax profit of three basis points. Another challenge is imposed by the very government that tries to assist LMI households: regulation. Since a bank can't cut regulation, they trim their branch network to lower those costs.

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De Novo Banks: Only Apply If You Intend to Matter

Jeff For Banks

Sure, if you cite studies that say these banks' loan books are predominantly small, as the FDIC measures them. See the accompanying chart for the loan composition for all FDIC-insured banks and thrifts with less than $1 billion in total assets. I don't think de novo banks are key players to business startup capital formation.

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The State of Banking

Jeff For Banks

In 2013, there were 6,812 FDIC-insured financial institutions. And I have never heard a regulator say the phrase "over capitalized". And since NIMs are holding steady, it leaves me to think that operating expense control or increased profitability in fee-based businesses are at work. Positive operating leverage!

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Three Wishes for Bankers

Jeff For Banks

According to a 2015 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , seven percent of US households were unbanked, meaning they had no account at an insured financial institution, and 19% were underbanked, meaning they used non-traditional financial providers like pre-paid cards and/or payday lenders. But the tax thing.

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E-Signature Approval

Independent Banker

She’s chief operating officer and vice president of the mortgage company, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, in Atlanta. Electronic signatures are accepted by banking regulators and meet state standards under the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Legally and operationally, digital John Hancocks come of age in lending.

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Finovate Debuts: itBit’s Regulated Bitcoin Trading Platform

Fintech Labs Insights

This is what sets the New York-based company apart from its numerous competitors– it is the only regulated bitcoin trading platform open to all U.S. Board members—Senator Bill Bradley, former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair and former FASB Chairman Robert Herz. It also offers tax documentation and FDIC insurance for U.S.

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