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FHFA announces Office of Financial Technology

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On July 18, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced the launch of a new Office of Financial Technology with the goal of advancing effective risk management as it evaluates fintech developments in the housing finance space.

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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

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According to a survey by Lending Tree , nearly 70% of BNPL users admit to spending more on purchases when BNPL is an option than they do if they have to pay for everything upfront, bringing up the average value per order and resulting in higher profits for participating merchants. According to Kristen E.

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Why Community Banks Can’t Afford To ‘Wait and See’ About Faster Payment Innovations

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The report included several recommendations for banks, FinTechs and other financial services players — guidelines to establish an industry-driven framework for governing the system and encourage further research and investment in emerging financial technologies. faster payment system. faster payment system.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. Goes to Sen.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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You are all aware we have detailed, sophisticated rules and methodologies we use to present these coveted awards – or, well, maybe we don’t. Award – goes to CNBC’s Jim Cramer , who lamented that banks should have been innovating offerings like those delivered by PayPal and Square. The “What the Hell Are Bankers Doing?”

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Meet Our 2023 FICO Decisions Awards Judges

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FICO has announced its panel of independent judges for the 2023 FICO® Decisions Awards , which honor businesses achieving outstanding results using analytics and decision management technology to grow their business, manage risk and reduce costs. Neeti Aggarwal manages the financial technology and innovation research at The Asian Banker.

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CFPB gives boost to use of alternative data and machine learning

CFPB Monitor

stating that the CFPB had no present intention to take enforcement or supervisory action against the lender under the ECOA relating to the lender’s underwriting model, and especially its use of certain alternative data fields. The CFPB, in its July 2019 fair lending report, discussed supervisory reviews of alternative credit scoring models.

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