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Morning Scan: SoFi Mulls Utah Bank Charter

American Banker

Future of banking: In fintech, as in life, it all comes full circle. The Wall Street Journal published a lengthy profile Tuesday of online lender Social Finance, which has made $10 billion in loans, including student loans, since 2011. The company has reportedly been in discussions with Utah… Receiving Wide Coverage.

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Capitol Hill Hearing Examines ‘Rent-A-Bank’ Schemes To Sidestep Interest Rate Caps

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In terms of general practice, lenders, including those that operate online, must partner with chartered banks.). She offered a list of other firms engaged in similar practices, such as LoanMart, where auto title loan rates range from 60 percent to 222 percent, and where bank sponsors are based in Utah.

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Banks Fighting SoFi’s Banking Charter

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The action comes a week after the FDIC announced that digital lender SoFi had applied to the state of Utah for a special banking charter known as an ILC. Ten years ago Walmart to launch in Utah, where many ILCs are based, and was shut down.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

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All industrial banks are chartered in Utah – and there are only 17 such charters issued, 15 of which are currently active. And while much has been quiet on the ILC front ever since, as of 2017, two big FinTechs made them very visible again: Sofi in June and Square in mid-September. Industrial banks are not subject to BHA.

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Rakuten files third application for FDIC insurance

CFPB Monitor

Per the Utah Department of Financial Institutions website, Rakuten Bank America’s application for a Utah ILC charter was received on July 26, 2019 and remains pending. . based bank, Rakuten Bank America. Rakuten’s first FDIC deposit insurance application was filed in July 2019, and was withdrawn in March 2020.

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Connecticut poised To become fifth state to enact privacy law

CFPB Monitor

The CTDPA follows the form and content of other privacy laws passed in the prior year, including the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), and Utah Privacy Act (UPA). This language was likely drafted with Connecticut’s fintech and payment processing industries in mind. Children’s Data. Biometrics.

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Today In Payments: COVID-19 Triggers Job Losses; JPMC First Big Bank To Shutter Branches As Virus Spreads

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Also, Square won a banking license for an industrial bank in Utah. FinTech leader Fiserv has acquired independent software vendor Bypass Mobile, an innovator in the point-of-sale systems arena. In today’s top news, due to the coronavirus, over 3,600 workers have lost their jobs and JPMC has temporarily closed 1,000 branches.

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