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Consumer Lending Compliance: Hot-Button Issues to Monitor

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Consumer Lending Laws & Compliance Financial institutions offering consumer loans need to know about these major consumer lending laws and recent compliance issues. You might also like this webinar, "Consumer Lending 101.". Consumer lending compliance spotlight. Pandemic Issues.

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

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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. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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China Bets On SMB Lending To Ramp Up Bank Competition

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bank has secured approval to acquire a majority stake in a Chinese securities joint venture, which, reports in Bloomberg said, Chase plans to take over completely sometime next year when Chinese regulators implement even more rule changes to the banking sector.

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How the Money Transmitter Modernization Act could build a more unified future

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In today's interconnected world, efficient and secure money movement is crucial for individuals and businesses alike. Money transmitters like Western Union, PayPal, MoneyGram, Zelle, and many others, facilitate secure digital transactions, allowing people to send and receive funds across borders and within the U.S.

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Critical Ingredient to Identify Healthy Mortgage-Backed Securities

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy and guarantee mortgage loans that conform to their lending standards and advance their mission to make housing more affordable, creating a powerful market incentive for lenders to issue loans that meet these high standards. Remember, a more predictive score could equate to a better valuation of MBS.

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Tax ID Fraud is Taxing on Financial Institutions

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Armed with newly pilfered social security numbers , names, and birthdates, they aim to submit these fraudulent forms before the taxpayers do. For a comprehensive list of warning signals, consult FinCEN's guidelines. This alarming crime drains an astonishing $5.2 billion from taxpayers yearly.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

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unsecured lending is bad rather than unsecured lending should only be extended to high pass risk rated credit). If actual practices vary materially from the written guidelines and procedures, the source of this discrepancy should be identified, and either actual practices or the written policy should be changed.

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