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This week’s podcast: Do we need a National Financial Technology Commission?

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In this podcast, we are joined by Tom Vartanian, who leads the Financial Regulation & Technology Institute of George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, to discuss his proposal for the President and Congress to establish a National Financial Technology Commission.

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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

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Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. On Friday (July 31), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Varo Bank has been granted its full-service national bank charter. OCC is an independent bureau of the U.S.

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Central Bank In Russia Skeptical Of National Crypto Benefits

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The Chief of Russia’s Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina said she doesn’t see any pertinent or obvious reason to create a national digital currency, according to a report by Russian News Agency TASS. The regulator made the remarks at the Finopolis forum of innovative financial technologies.

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This week’s podcast episode: Using financial technology to improve consumers’ financial health, a conversation with special guest Leigh Phillips, President and CEO of SaverLife and Chair of the CFPB’s Consumer Advisory Board (CAB)

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SaverLife is a national non-profit sponsored by some of the nation’s leading financial institutions that uses financial technology to improve the financial health of low- to-moderate income consumers by incentivizing savings through prizes, rewards, expert resources, and gameplay.

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Czech Banks To Invest $260M Into National Development Fund

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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has proposed a national development fund to help invest in social issues, digitization of the economy, education and transportation, according to a report by Reuters. million) to put into the fund. The association said the fund should be independent and fully professional. .

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House Financial Services Task Force on Financial Technology to hold Nov. 21 hearing on the role of big data

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The Task Force on Financial Technology of the House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing entitled “ Banking on Your Data: The Role of Big Data in Financial Services ” on November 21, 2019. Lauren Saunders, Associate Director, National Consumer Law Center. The scheduled witnesses include: Ms.

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Fintech bank announces preliminary OCC approval of national bank charter

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announced they have been granted preliminary approval by the OCC of their application to form a de novo national bank, which they claim “put[s] Varo on track to become the first all-mobile national bank in the history of the United States.”. Rather than a SPNB charter, Varo is seeking a full-service national bank charter from the OCC.