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Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. That comes as Open Banking bowed in Europe last month.

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Fintechs Face Difficult Regulatory Realities on Charters

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WASHINGTON, D.C. Fintechs are having trouble facing reality when it comes to obtaining bank charters, FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams and Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting said here at the FDIC’s Fintech and the Future of Banking conference on Wednesday.

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China's Financial Industry Firms Redo Plans, Funding In Wake Of More Oversight

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With regulators cracking down in China, FinTech leaders are scrambling for capital and trying to plan their futures, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. And those lending in multiple provinces would have to have 5 billion yuan in registered capital at a minimum.

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OCC’s FinTech Charter’s Uncharted Legal Seas

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Lights out for the FinTech charter idea? The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) debuted a special purpose charter in 2016 that would have given FinTechs a leg up on competing with traditional financial services companies. Regulation, Law and Going Forward. As reported , the U.S.

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Brookings to hold Oct. 13 fintech event

CFPB Monitor

On October 13, 2016, the Brookings Institute will hold an event in Washington, D.C. titled: “ How to make fintech work for all Americans.” ” Among the questions to be addressed are whether “regulation and policy inhibit innovation and skew benefits toward the well-to-do.”

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SEC to hold fintech innovation public forum

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it will host a public forum in Washington, D.C. The panels will discuss issues such as blockchain technology, automated investment advice or robo-advisors, online marketplace lending and crowdfunding, and how they may impact investors.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

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ICBA president and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey, Washington, D.C. Lucas White: We need to continue to differentiate community banks and educate policymakers on why tiered and proportionate regulation is necessary. We need to make sure people remember that and have it reflected in laws and regulations that affect our industry.