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California Dept. of Business Oversight launches “true lender” investigation of auto title lender’s partnership with Utah bank

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Thereafter, “using its existing lending operations and personnel, LoanMart commenced ‘marketing’ and ‘servicing’ auto title loans purportedly made by CCBank, a small Utah-chartered bank operating out of Provo, Utah.” The DOB indicated that such loans have interest rates greater than 90 percent.

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Square Partners With POWDR To Offer Ski Resorts Contactless Transactions

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Safety is our top priority, on and off the mountain, and Square knows this and aligns with POWDR’s Operation Stay Safe, the enhanced POWDR mountain experience that prioritizes the well-being of our staff, guests and community in the midst of the pandemic.”.

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Utah’s new regulatory sandbox

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Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed H.B. Regulatory sandboxes are laboratories for the development of innovative technologies in an environment that is free from onerous government restrictions. The sponsor of Utah’s legislation, Rep. The program will be administered by the Utah Department of Commerce (the Department).

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Capitol Hill Hearing Examines ‘Rent-A-Bank’ Schemes To Sidestep Interest Rate Caps

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In terms of general practice, lenders, including those that operate online, must partner with chartered banks.). She offered a list of other firms engaged in similar practices, such as LoanMart, where auto title loan rates range from 60 percent to 222 percent, and where bank sponsors are based in Utah.

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Today In Payments: COVID-19 Triggers Job Losses; JPMC First Big Bank To Shutter Branches As Virus Spreads

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Also, Square won a banking license for an industrial bank in Utah. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) granted Square a banking license to operate a de novo industrial bank in Salt Lake City. FinTech leader Fiserv has acquired independent software vendor Bypass Mobile, an innovator in the point-of-sale systems arena.

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N26: Cloud-Banking Core Key To Meeting Consumers’ Mobile Banking Needs

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Financial institutions (FIs) worked quickly to ensure they could operate smoothly as the pandemic kept consumers at home and closed brick-and-mortar branches in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. How N26 Is Using Cloud Core Banking for Nimble Mobile Innovation. Developments Around the Cloud Banking World.

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Varo Is First FinTech to Receive Full-Service Charter from the OCC

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In a statement issued after presenting the charter , Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks discussed the value and attributes of a national bank charter, including the ability to operate nationwide under a uniform regulatory framework subject to a single primary prudential supervisor, and the confidence the charter inspires in consumers.

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