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Federal banking agencies issue guide for community banks on conducting due diligence on fintech companies

CFPB Monitor

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Financial condition and competitive market environment and client base. Legal and regulatory compliance.

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AML Compliance Controls Can Be Costly

PYMNTS

Money laundering has always troubled financial institutions, but today’s digital banking system creates additional complexities as fraudsters around the world take advantage of financial technologies. However, more than half (51 percent) characterized their AML risk assessment, specifically, as “very” or “completely” effective.

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Fighting Digital with Digital

Independent Banker

Community banks cannot afford to ignore the staggering pace of lending adoption by both individuals and businesses using digital-only platforms from various nonbank technology-based specialty lending firms. Marketplace-driven digital-platform lenders are also structured so that credit risk is held by the investor funding the deal.

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

PYMNTS

Both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have officially ended a two-year investigation of LendingClub, its subsidiary LC Advisors (LCA), its founder and former CEO Renaud Laplanche and its former CFO Carrie Dolan. On Friday (Sept. Attorney Alex Tse. “We

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Treasury report on bank/fintech relationships includes recommendations for CFPB supervision of non-bank installment lenders and data aggregators

CFPB Monitor

Unlike the CFPB which has often given more emphasis to the potential consumer risks of financial technology-related advancements than the potential consumer benefits, the Treasury report takes a more even-handed approach.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

We remember his architecting the legendary Bank of America and Security Pacific merger on the West Coast. The John Lovitz “Yeah My Wife Morgan Fairchild Award” – goes to fellow pathological liar and now former OCC Chief Financial Technology Officer Prashant Bhardwaj. The Bank Regulator Working for Merchants Award!

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FinovateFall 2017 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

Transforming consumer risk management with patented analytics, proprietary data and real-time insight into consumer behavior. Very interesting UI on how companies and topics are integrated as well as the sentiment of the financial news. Helps companies secure email, chat and collaboration platforms communicate with confidence.

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