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Wyoming creates fintech sandbox

CFPB Monitor

Earlier this year, Wyoming became the second state to create a financial technology (fintech) sandbox by enacting the “ Financial Technology Sandbox Act ” (Sandbox Act). Arizona was the first state to create a fintech sandbox and we will soon be publishing a blog post about Utah’s new fintech sandbox.)

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Wyoming community bank winds down fintech program

American Banker

The Federal Reserve issued an enforcement action against Mode Eleven Bancorp, the holding company for Summit National Bank, which engages in banking-as-a-service.

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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

PYMNTS

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. According to the banks that have linked with FinTech firms, such guidelines would help relationships between the parties.

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CFPB and Colorado Attorney General announce joint virtual office hours as part of AFCIN

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB announced ACFIN’ s creation last year, in conjunction with finalizing revisions to its trial disclosures and no-action letter policies and its proposal to create a new fintech sandbox policy. Requests must be received by November 23, 2020. .

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CFPB and Utah AG announce joint office hours in Salt Lake City as part of ACFIN

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB announced ACFIN’s creation last September, in conjunction with finalizing revisions to its trial disclosures and no-action letter policies and its proposal to create a new fintech sandbox policy.

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Utah’s new regulatory sandbox

CFPB Monitor

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. Notably, Utah’s definition expressly includes blockchain technology. The sponsor of Utah’s legislation, Rep.

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How the OCC is building Crypto America

Lex Sokolin

We love the robot as much as the next Fintech commentator. American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Targeting banks and money services businesses allows for jurisdiction and regulation of the choke points (i.e., Second, Fintechs (e.g., Don’t get us wrong.

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