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Revolut Likely To Apply For US Bank Charter

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The FinTech, which claims London as home, is likely to apply for a charter with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and California’s Division of Financial Institutions within the next few weeks, people with inside information told CNBC. The nature of the market for FinTech startups breaking into the larger U.S.

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California Dept. of Business Oversight launches “true lender” investigation of auto title lender’s partnership with Utah bank

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Thereafter, “using its existing lending operations and personnel, LoanMart commenced ‘marketing’ and ‘servicing’ auto title loans purportedly made by CCBank, a small Utah-chartered bank operating out of Provo, Utah.” A number of states have challenged these regulations.

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

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Lauren Saunders, who serves as associate director of the National Consumer Law Center, said state-regulated lenders “lauder their loans up to 160 percent annual percentage rates through banks in order to evade state interest rate caps. Testimony from Diaz and Saunders identified three banks based in Utah tied to such schemes.

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Utah’s new regulatory sandbox

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Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed H.B. This bill created the nation’s third regulatory sandbox program for fintechs, after Arizona , which enacted sandbox legislation in March 2018, and Wyoming , which enacted sandbox legislation in February of this year. The sponsor of Utah’s legislation, Rep.

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Square Tries To Create A Bank, Again

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San Francisco-based FinTech company Square, known for its white card readers, has once again decided to become a banking establishment, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The company had previously asked to start a bank in September of 2017, but eventually withdrew from the process over procedural issues.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

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An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956. All industrial banks are chartered in Utah – and there are only 17 such charters issued, 15 of which are currently active.

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NY federal district court deals blow to OCC fintech charter

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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. The OCC argued that the NYDFS’ complaint failed to state an APA claim because this regulation is entitled to deference under the U.S. e)(1)) interpreting the term “business of banking” in the NBA.

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