Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Offering digital lending isn’t about the bells and whistles. started developing its digital lending platform about three years ago—and the bank is really glad it did. “I’m Community bankers are increasingly recognizing that the future of digital lending is here. Illustration by Out of the box/Stocksy. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The IRS has invited cryptocurrency groups to meet for a regulatory summit March 3 to discuss how the two can work together going forward, published reports said Tuesday (Feb. The IRS has been trying to combat cryptocurrency tax evasion, and the agency has been working on establishing more concrete guidelines for digital currencies.

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American Banker

JULY 6, 2023

Eligible borrowers would receive a credit for up to $5,000 to pay for expenses like insurance, taxes and closing costs. The program comes months after fair-lending advocacy groups criticized KeyBank for its low rate of lending to Black borrowers.

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MyBankTracker

MARCH 24, 2021

The 2021 tax season is likely to stand out from previous years as many Americans might need their tax refunds more than ever. According to a recent MyBankTracker survey, Americans are most likely to put this year’s tax refunds into savings, which may not come as a surprise. percent) of a tax refund for the 2021 tax season.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Forbes reported that BitGo recently has “aggressively sought to redefine itself as a full-service crypto shop that offers other tax and lending services, as well as a means for clients to discreetly arrange large trades.”. Bloomberg reported earlier this year that BitGo’s backers include Goldman Sachs Group Inc.,

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The American Bankers Association, joined by six other prominent industry trade groups, is seeking a six-month extension of the date by which depository institutions must comply with the Military Lending Act (MLA) final rule adopted by the Department of Defense (DoD) in July 2015 that dramatically expanded the scope of the MLA’s coverage.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 11, 2016

A number of prominent industry trade groups have written to the Department of Defense (DoD) seeking clarifications to the Military Lending Act (MLA) final rule adopted in July 2015 that dramatically expanded the scope of the MLA’s coverage.

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Abrigo

MAY 10, 2021

You might also like this Aite Group report on LOS vendors. Takeaway 3 Aite Group assessed client references to evaluate vendors of loan origination systems and important features. Lending process management is key to timely decisions. A form that can handle multiple loan product types. Workflow & Analysis.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

GPay , a member company of the Vietnam investment firm G-Group , joins a tight FinTech market in Vietnam with 33 other firms licensed for intermediary payment services. GPay has a supportive ecosystem from G-Group with above 20 million users of financial platforms, game community, social network and technology companies.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Lending Tech With Almost Steady Grades (Even With Rough Semesters). Mortgage services provider ICE acquired mortgage services provider Black Knight bringing together the two largest providers in the space.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A group of 96 organizations and individuals, who describe themselves as consisting of “consumer, labor, civil rights, legal services, faith, community and financial organizations and academics,” have sent a letter to the CFPB urging the Bureau to regulate fee-based earned wage access (EWA) products as credit subject to the Truth in Lending Act.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2017

According to the latest data out of auto lender Ally Financial, the auto lending segment seems to be encountering some engine trouble — brought on largely by rising defaults and falling used car prices. on the other hand, makes nearly all its consumer auto loans to this group.

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Abrigo

MAY 1, 2020

or who received annualized pay of more than $100,000 during any period in 2019; state and local employer taxes assessed on an employee’s compensation (i.e., State Unemployment Tax Act, or SUTA) during the eight-week covered period Employee counts : The average number of FTEs per month for both the eight-week period and either a) Feb.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

After Metro Bank recently pulled back from plans to expand and decided to move away from lending for mortgages, the bank said it will return £50 million from the RBS bailout fund, according to a report. The bank had to reconfigure its strategy after fourth-quarter results showed a pre-tax loss of £130.8

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” The trade groups note that it was not until last week, on August 26, 2016, that the DoD published in the Federal Register an interpretive rule to provide guidance regarding compliance with the July 2015 final rule.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The bank trade group called for lawmakers to revoke the industry’s tax exemption and suggested ongoing credit union-bank purchase deals create a “brain drain” of local lending expertise that could slow any economic recovery.

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Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2024

Beyond a hard money default due to a payment or maturity event, early warning signs for CRE loans typically manifest as a : Failure to pay real estate taxes. The bank or credit union can even lose the collateral (in the event of a tax deed sale or casualty event with no insurance coverage). Failure to maintain the property.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

The key groups who will receive these payments include people who aren’t required to file tax returns, such as those who receive Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and veterans’ affairs benefits. In addition, tax filers who have recently provided bank information to the IRS will get the payments.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 12, 2018

When I first read Standards Needed for Safe, Small Installment Loans from Banks, Credit Unions by the Pew Charitable Trusts that encouraged financial institutions to get back into small ticket consumer lending, I thought “what are they nuts!” So why would banks expand small-ticket, unsecured personal lending? Even the big banks.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Saving for retirement, vacation, college, business expansion, tax liability, or reserve accounts are all successful promotions banks have run to execute on this principle. Too many bank products don’t lend themselves to consistent engagement, which is where bank product design and marketing should come into play.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

However, if you are not, or if you want to get both more accurate and granular, then we turn to the Kohl Analytics Group , whose sole focus is to help financial institutions with profitability starting with building a funds transfer pricing methodology. Including the cost of funds equates to a net 1.13% profit margin before taxes.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 17, 2020

FHFA describes PACE transactions as being part of residential energy retrofitting programs that are created through special state legislation and result in the financed part of the transaction resulting in a tax assessment on the home, which is a ‘‘super-priority lien’’ over existing and subsequent first mortgages. (As

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

This enables banks to support their clients’ ventures in more robust and flexible ways, according to Abdul Raof Latiff, group head of the digital institutional banking group at Singapore-based DBS Bank. Where APIs are being used is when marketplaces become more international,” he said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

CIT Group is focusing on lending, too, and released a new point-of-sale lending platform and accompanying APIs that B2B merchants can use to integrate the tool into their direct sales channels. The APIs also help lenders conduct loan-related activities, such as account verification and collections management.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2017

Beyond the changes in the economy at large, or the revenues or operating expenses generated in tax returns, or discrete data points that form the basis of a conversation between applicant and financial institution, tracking the risk status can be a challenge. The extension of credit, said Cutler, “is something of a business accelerator.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2020

Among the problems is a history of bad lending decisions and poor governance, the newspaper reported. Sunil Mehta, CEO of the Indian Banks Association, a Mumbai-based trade association, said he has asked the government to extend tax relief to airlines and others or they will collapse and hurt lenders’ loan books.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Ant Financial , the Chinese FinTech giant and an affiliate of Alibaba Group , posted an earnings pre-tax loss of 2.4 The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), citing Ant, reported that the company had a pre-tax profit of 5.3 billion yuan in pre-tax profit in the fiscal year ending in March, Bloomberg reported. It posted 9.18

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Small business finserv was a popular target this week, with startups securing funding for their SMB banking, lending and accounting tools. Coatue led the Series C round, while existing backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Canaan Partners and Broadhaven Ventures, and newcomers Vulcan and Stripes Group, also participated. Lendingkart.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

It has since morphed into a platform offering a full suite of services — mobile payments, savings accounts, personal investing, lending, and credit scoring. . percent pre-tax profits for a 33 percent equity stake. In December , Ant Financial named Simon Hu as its chief executive officer as the Alibaba Group restructured.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

In one illustrative example, there may be covenants stating that the debt to EBITDA (or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, a rough measure of cash flow) may not exceed 3:1. Separately, but within the same vertical, as noted by the Journal, Avis Budget Group got an April waiver on a $1.2

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American Banker

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Third-quarter profit at PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh declined on a yearly basis as a higher tax rate and increased expenses ate into improved revenue in both lending and fee-based products.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 28, 2022

Develop better ag lending workflows before demand picks up. A better ag lending process makes applying smoother for borrowers and can allow efficient ag loan growth without adding a lot of staff. Takeaway 1 Now is the time to plant the seeds for harvesting growth in the ag loan portfolio by creating a better ag lending process.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

Avanti Financial Group said in a press release that it has received permission from the Wyoming Division of Banking to begin operating in the state as a bank as early as October and plans to offer a real-time settlement solution for corporate treasurers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The November edition of the PYMNTS.com Disbursements Tracker™ , powered by Ingo Money, looks at how several global industries, including insurance, ridesharing, lending and fitness, are moving ahead with more efficient disbursement tools that are further rendering the paper check irrelevant. Deep Dive: Direct Deposits and Tax Returns.

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Abrigo

APRIL 27, 2017

During a recent webinar with Sageworks , David O’Connell, a Senior Analyst at Aite Group , presented data from a recent survey by Aite of small and medium business borrowers. Focus on cultivating those relationships and increasing awareness to existing customer of your business lending product offerings.

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Accenture

MAY 30, 2019

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. Loss rates increased slightly YoY, and issuer after-tax returns are strong for those that report. Key themes. Click/tap to view larger.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

3), the services offered from the TD Wealth Management for Healthcare Practitioners group include access to senior private bankers, investment managers, financial planners and lending specialists with expertise in the healthcare industry. Announced in a press release on Monday (Dec.

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