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

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Avanti Plans Real-Time Settlement Solution For Corporate Treasurers

PYMNTS

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. Avanti made its Wyoming intentions clear in February.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Cumberland Security Bank, Inc. First Security Bank of Deer Lodge. Wyoming Bank & Trust. In order to compete as a small bank, we have been forced to keep higher-than-peer capital levels, so that our lending limit allows us to service local borrowers’ needs. Allied First Bank, SB. Nebraska State Bank. Neighbors Bank.

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Chime, Uniswap, and the future of finance could soon struggle

Lex Sokolin

Instead, it is replacing payday lending as an industry. It doesn’t have an ILC charter from Utah, or a crypto bank charter from Wyoming, or a straight-up bank charter like Varo, nor has it acquired any banks like Lending Club or Jiko. That is a lot of proofs of concepts and Chief Innovation Officer conference travel agendas.

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Cryptocurrency risks, rewards and red flags for financial institutions

Abrigo

Takeaway 1 Cryptocurrency has been able to offer good interest rates on high-yield savings accounts and secured loans with no credit check. . As recently as last fall, consumers could stash certain digital assets in a savings account and earn upwards of 10% interest, or even use cryptocurrency to secure a loan without a credit check.