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Lenders Getting Ready for Second Round of PPP Funding

Abrigo

As lenders awaited word Thursday on final approval of $310 billion in new authorizations for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), they had as many questions as answers about program guidelines. All of the [lenders] are in a holding pattern, but it will be like rush hour in New York or Los Angeles. SBA Lending.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. Both institutions were over the CRE concentration guidelines, so putting them together would exasperate this risk, so the regulatory thinking must have been. How significant was CRE lending to the souring of bank loan portfolios?

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Eight state attorneys general file lawsuit seeking to overturn OCC’s true lender rule

CFPB Monitor

However, the AG plaintiffs in the new lawsuit instead view the Rule as “an unlawful attempt” by the OCC to “facilitate predatory lending” and support “rent-a bank schemes.”. The OCC anticipated and refuted many of the Complaint’s allegations in the Supplementary Information published with the final Rule.

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VC Firm Brings Partnership Model To Amazon Sellers

PYMNTS

Every year, more than a million new sellers join Amazon. It’s a world where the parent company has such as tight rein that one step out of the guidelines and regulations can merit a devastating suspension. And it’s a world where a new competitor, or even a dozen of them, can pop up overnight.

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DOJ enters into settlement with credit union to resolve alleged SCRA violations in connection with vehicle repossessions

CFPB Monitor

The DOJ’s complaint alleged that it launched an investigation into Hudson Valley’s repossession practices after learning of two private lawsuits filed in the Southern District of New York by servicemembers who claimed that Hudson Valley repossessed their vehicles in violation of the SCRA.

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Hundreds comment on OCC proposed “true lender” rule

CFPB Monitor

For example, the Marketplace Lending Association, a trade association for banks and companies that cap rates at 36% per annum on their loans, wrote: “without access to affordable credit, consumers will be in danger of being ensnared in high cost or predatory debt traps.”.

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Hot Wheels

Independent Banker

Competition and regulatory risk in car lending race off. Vehicle loan originations reached almost $120 billion during the second quarter of 2015, states the New York Fed’s Household Debt and Credit Report. Indirect auto lending has played a major role for Security Federal Savings Bank in Jasper, Ala. By Howard Schneider.