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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The community bank provided nearly 480,000 PPP loans totaling more than $13 billion to businesses across the nation. “I

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California Court Denies DFPI’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against OppFi

CFPB Monitor

On November 30, 2023 at 12:30 PM, ET, Ballard Spahr will hold a webinar entitled “Recent Important Developments in Federal Preemption for National and State Banks: What They Mean for Bank and Nonbank Consumer Financial Services Providers” during which this case will be dissected.

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FinTechs Help Banks Ease The PPP Lending Pain

PYMNTS

As the nation’s traditional financial institutions struggle to cope, alternative lending platforms and other B2B FinTechs are exploring how to put their own technologies to good use.

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Potential regulatory and legislative implications of blue wave on consumer financial services highlighted in Ballard Spahr webinar

CFPB Monitor

For our webinar last week, “What a Blue Wave in the November 2020 Elections Could Mean for the Consumer Financial Services Industry,” we were joined by special guest Isaac Boltansky, Director of Policy Research at Compass Point Research & Trading.

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AI, Security And Loosened Rules: How The US Wants To Boost FinTech

PYMNTS

Loosening federal regulations, enacting national data breach protections and drafting “model laws” at the state level to reduce overlapping red tape, could help promote FinTech in the United States, according to report released Tuesday (July 31) by the U.S. FinTech Growth. Treasury Department. financial technology efforts.

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Alan Kaplinsky wins National Law Review Go-To Thought Leadership Award

CFPB Monitor

I am pleased to share with our blog readers that Alan Kaplinsky, who leads our firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group, was recently awarded the National Law Review’s Go-To Thought Leadership Award in Consumer Finance for his work on our blog, Consumer Finance Monitor. We certainly hope that our readers will agree.

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How the Money Transmitter Modernization Act could build a more unified future

Abrigo

You might also like this webinar, " AML Compliance and Sanctions Requirements for Non-Bank Financial Institutions. The money transmitter industry is growing, spiked by advances in fintech and the consumer demand for immediate payment mechanisms. WATCH NOW Takeaway 1 The number of money transmitters grew by 13% in 2021 in the U.S.