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DOJ announces settlement of redlining lawsuit

CFPB Monitor

The Justice Department announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lakeland Bank to settle the DOJ’s claims that Lakeland engaged in unlawful redlining in the Newark, New Jersey metropolitan area. Those services were not available in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the Newark Lending Area.

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Widening Borrower Protection’s Scope To SMBs

PYMNTS

As online lending platforms proliferate among the SMB borrowing community, however, experts warn that a lack of regulation means these companies rarely publicly reveal interest rates and fees. “We have seen small businesses destroyed by online lending.” ” Knowing Their Options. . ” Knowing Their Options.

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Lender Investors Bancorp Considers A Sale

PYMNTS

According to The Wall Street Journal , Investors, which has about 150 branches in New Jersey and New York, has hired Keefe, Bruyette & Woods to advise on the potential sale. The lender had a market value of about $3.3 billion as of Tuesday (Nov. Investors paid customers a 1.39

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Teflon Tim: You Can't Mess With Wells Fargo

Jeff For Banks

March 2017 - Failed the OCC's community lending test causing "significant harm to customers." February 2018 - Regulators limit WF growth due to "widespread consumer abuses and compliance breakdowns." As part of my comments, I presented the following table of New Jersey Deposit Market Share. Superior technology?

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NY DFS announces multistate investigation of payroll advance industry

CFPB Monitor

In its press release, the DFS claims that the investigation will look into “allegations of unlawful online lending” and “will help determine whether these payroll advance practices are usurious and harming consumers.” Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation. Maryland Office of the Commissioner for Financial Regulation.

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7 ways community banks can boost profitability

Independent Banker

A profitability strategy has a lot to factor in given today’s uncertain market. A bank needs a team with diverse perspectives and unique abilities—technology, sales, lending and leadership—that is willing to work together at a heightened pace, he notes. Build a lending niche. a rural market with about 1,300 residents. “We

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

//Jeff Marsico remarks to the 2023 New Jersey Bankers' Association Annual Convention: May 19, 2023// Four decades ago, the prolonged savings-and-loan crisis devastated the industry. The old borrow short, lend long strategy. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. trillion failed. What caused it?

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