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

PYMNTS

The GAO said it had seen — through interviews with 11 FinTech firms — loan volume grow by sevenfold, while collaborative efforts with banks continued to grow from 2013 to 2017. According to the banks that have linked with FinTech firms, such guidelines would help relationships between the parties. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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Revolut Likely To Apply For US Bank Charter

PYMNTS

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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Custodia Bank launches bitcoin custody platform

American Banker

The Wyoming bank has launched its signature service, amid a legal tug-of-war with the Federal Reserve.

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Crypto exchange Kraken receives Wyoming bank charter

American Banker

The company, which left New York in 2015 to avoid its regulations on virtual currencies, has found a more welcoming state.

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1.14.19 Your morning briefing

Payments Source

Today: German court rules against Amazon Dash; Georgetown professor says shutdown's hurting fintech; Sandbox advances in Wyoming; Yapstone hires former Amazon Pay executive. The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web.

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