PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

The movement toward linkups between traditional financial institutions (FI) and FinTech firms seems an inexorable one — in the cross-selling of corporate services into consumer bases that embrace individuals and, typically, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). However, looking elsewhere beyond U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 29, 2020

The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has filed its opening brief with the Second Circuit in the OCC’s appeal from the district court’s final judgment in DFS’s lawsuit challenging the OCC’s issuance of special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2017

Speaking in front of the LendIt conference in New York yesterday (March 6), Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Murray told those assembled that the oversight body will go forward with plans to offer banking charters to fintech companies. That’s wrong. Nor is the OCC “somehow mixing banking and commerce,” says Murray.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 9, 2020

As envisioned, the payments charter would replace the state-by-state money transmitter licensing approach currently used by many non-bank payment processors and FinTechs. As envisioned, the payments charter would replace the state-by-state money transmitter licensing approach currently used by many non-bank payment processors and FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2017

The FinTech industry’s future could depend on the outcome of a fight between the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and states, according to a report in TechCrunch. The charter is optional for FinTechs and is aimed at providing a stamp of approval by the OCC for having good compliance practices.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 29, 2018

federal district court to stop the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) from issuing special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to fintech companies. A similar lawsuit was filed last month in a New York federal district court by the New York Department of Financial Services. Section 5.20(e)(1),

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 27, 2020

The OCC has filed its opening brief in its appeal to the Second Circuit from the district court’s final judgment in the lawsuit filed by the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) seeking to block the OCC’s issuance of special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies.

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Fintech New York National Regulation 97

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

CUs are also actively communicating with law enforcement agencies, keeping regulators informed about suspicious activity, while receiving tips on noticeable trends that these same agencies are eyeing. Recently, though, many CUs have turned to technology-driven solutions to help members more efficiently communicate their needs and feedback.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 17, 2020

The OCC has filed its reply brief with the Second Circuit in its appeal from the district court’s final judgment in the lawsuit filed by the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) challenging the OCC’s issuance of special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2018

More legal troubles have emerged for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) over its plan to introduce national bank charters for FinTechs, aimed at making it easier for alternative financial services players to do business. state bank regulators said it filed a complaint in the U.S. .” The body of U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2019

New York’s Department of Financial Services seized Municipal Credit Union , New York’s oldest credit union, on Friday (May 17), saying it is facing “unsafe and unsound” conditions. million worth of New York State Lottery tickets with the money he embezzled.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 9, 2019

federal district court in October 2018 by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) to stop the OCC from issuing special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to fintech companies. Nothing in the NBA identifies deposit-taking as an indispensable function for a national bank to be engaged in the “business of banking.”.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 25, 2019

In May 2019, a New York federal district court denied the OCC’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) seeking to block the OCC’s issuance of special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to fintech companies. As previously reported , last month the D.C.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 15, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held oral argument last week in the OCC’s appeal from the district court’s final judgment in the lawsuit filed by the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) seeking to block the OCC’s issuance of special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies.

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Fintech New York National Analysis 78

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

federal district court has granted the OCC’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) to block the OCC from issuing special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to fintech companies. In addition, the court pointed to the OCC’s agreement to notify the court and CSBS of a filing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Checkout.com, which was started in 2012, recently brought an office to New York City. The system was created over years through an effort involving the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the State Bank of Pakistan, with help from the United Nations, the U.K. Pakistan Launches Payment System To Boost Financial Inclusion.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

Three months in, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation still stymies some firms seeking to comply with new rules and regulations governing data protection and privacy. FinTech Firms Eye Bank Charters. Might a floodgate be opened — if only one were to open the floodgates? Japan Eyes Cryptos, Yet Again.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 6, 2019

In doing so, the court found that the term “business of banking” as used in the National Bank Act (NBA) “unambiguously requires receiving deposits as an aspect of the business.”. The OCC also argued that the NYDFS’s claims were untimely because it can no longer challenge the OCC’s long-standing regulation (12 C.F.R.

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Fintech New York National Regulation 68

PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

Keith Noreika, the temporary head of the Office of Comptroller since May, is defending an idea that first came up under his predecessor Tom Curry: offering online lenders and FinTech startups banking charters. The OCC has been critiqued pretty heavily by state regulators since the proposal first surfaced a year ago.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 21, 2019

The New York Department of Financial Services has filed a memorandum of law opposing the OCC’s motion to dismiss the NYDFS’s second lawsuit seeking to block the OCC’s issuance of special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to fintech companies. section 5.20(e)(1))

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Fintech National Regulation New York 68

CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 5, 2021

federal district court to block the OCC from granting a national bank charter to Figure Technologies Inc. federal district court challenging the OCC’s authority to issue special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies. The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) has filed a lawsuit in D.C.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Maria Vullo, the current Superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, has announced that she will leave DFS on February 1, 2019. Vullo, who has served as Superintendent since 2016, has been an aggressive regulator. Also in September, Ms.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 16, 2019

Under current regulations, private equity firms are ineligible to register as bank holding companies because they are control companies that are engaged in impermissible activities. The proposal’s comment period closes on July 15, 2019.

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Utah Fintech New York National 68

Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

“I’m so inspired by the professionalism, integrity and commitment of our executive committee and board of directors as we work together to serve the needs of community bankers across the nation,” says Terry Jorde, ICBA senior executive vice president and chief of staff. ICBA president and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey echoes this sentiment.

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Community Bank Community Industry Texas 239

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

15) that it will launch regional commercial banking operations in New York and Los Angeles in an effort to grow its corporate client base and connect existing business customers in the markets with its senior banking professionals. The bank announced Thursday (Aug. and offer clients FDIC-insured accounts.

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Los Angeles New York FDIC Lending 101

PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2018

Russia’s corporate treasurers are working with the nation’s central bank on a blockchain initiative, reports in CoinDesk said Friday (June 15). Russia’s FinTech Association and 14 of the nation’s largest banks collaborated on the development of Masterchain, reports noted, citing a white paper.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Comptroller and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (together “the OCC”), in the pending Southern District of New York lawsuit, Vullo v. OCC , submitted a letter to the court announcing their intent to move to dismiss the complaint brought by New York’s Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services (“DFS”).

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Fintech District of Columbia New York Conference 68

CFPB Monitor

MAY 4, 2021

federal district court seeking to block the OCC from granting a national bank charter to Figure Technologies Inc. The lawsuit represents CSBS’s third challenge to the OCC’s authority to issue special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies. 7.4007, 7.4008, 34.4)

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Technology National Regulation FDIC 78

CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Earlier this month, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) filed a brief opposing the OCC’s motion to dismiss [link to blog] the second lawsuit filed by CSBS to stop the OCC from issuing special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to fintech companies. And this may be the primary purpose behind CSBS’s request….”.

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Fintech New York Regulation Conference 68

CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The announcement by the Office of Comptroller of Currency that it will allow financial technology (fintech) companies to apply for national bank charters as way of fostering “responsible innovation” has already drawn fire from the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS). .

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 3, 2020

Midland Funding , which held that a non-bank that purchased charged-off loans from a national bank could not charge the same rate of interest on the loans that the national bank charged under Section 85 of the National Bank Act (NBA). 1463 applies only to interest that a national bank or federal savings association may charge.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The measure, just the second of its kind the nation, mandates that fintechs, factoring firms and other nonbank small-business lenders clearly explain the terms and conditions to borrowers.

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National Fintech New York Lending 80

PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2018

News came Friday that the wild west of cryptocurrencies — where fortunes are made and lost in the blink of an eye, and where regulations are less than regular — might be well-governed by the stock market when it comes to governance. To take stock of the cryptocurrency market, take stock? After a fashion. Might that be a good thing?

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2018

Zug is a small town near Zürich with only about 30,000 residents, yet it is impacting the FinTech world in a big way. In an email interview with PYMNTS, he said that Zug has a “forward-thinking government, strong participation from regulatory bodies, a first-class FinTech ecosystem, as well as Switzerland ’s tax-friendly reputation.”

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 3, 2021

The True Lender rule clarifies when, under existing law, a national bank is the “true lender” that makes a loan in the context of an arrangement between the bank and a non-bank entity that facilitates or services the loan.

North Carolina 60

North Carolina Lending National District of Columbia 60

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In the past, “true lender” attacks have been launched or threatened by state authorities against high-rate bank/nonbank lending programs in DC, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Thus, both the OCC and FDIC have adopted regulations rejecting the Second Circuit’s Madden decision.

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