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Clear Mountain Bank reaches new heights

Independent Banker

The West Virginia community bank is helping small-business customers get the financing they need while continually seeking new ideas to plan for its own future. Clear Mountain Bank is embracing flexibility, innovation and collaboration as it continues its ascent as a small-business connector in West Virginia. By Mindy Charski.

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FDIC and Duke University announce fintech research conference

CFPB Monitor

This Wednesday April 24th, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative will host a conference titled “ Fintech and the Future of Banking ” in Arlington, Virginia.

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Marketplace Lending And Curbside Delivery Sizzle, Ridesharing Fizzles

PYMNTS

Curbside delivery is coming to the grocery chain, starting with two test runs — one in Virginia Beach one in Sacramento. The nation’s largest retailer by sales is partnering with Alert Innovation to build out a robotic fulfillment center in its Salem, New Hampshire store.

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California lawmakers urge FDIC to rein in bank partnerships

CFPB Monitor

The letter explains that although states have tools for going after these lending arrangements, such tools are more costly to employ and less likely to be effective than typical enforcement authorities provided to state financial regulators. Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Colorado.

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California DFPI issues final regulations implementing 2018 law requiring consumer-like disclosures for commercial financing

CFPB Monitor

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has issued final regulations to implement SB 1235, the bill signed into law on September 30, 2018 that requires consumer-like disclosures to be made for certain commercial financing products, including small business loans and merchant cash advances. .

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Mortgage applicants find cozy home at some credit unions

Abrigo

Utilizing the Bank Information platform, Sageworks recently released a ranking of the top mortgage lending credit unions in the U.S. In a lending segment once cornered by banks, credit unions are making an impact for those looking to purchase their own home. Bruemmer, executive vice president for Landmark Credit Union.

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Why community banks should partner with fintechs

Independent Banker

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.