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Kabbage Lawsuit Ignites Debate Over ‘True Lenders,’ Fintech-Bank Partnerships

Bank Innovation

The lawsuit of a small business in Massachusetts against alternative lender Kabbage is raising questions about the role of partner banks in marketplace lending, namely, whether it’s the bank or the fintech that can be called the “true lender.”

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Beyond Bitcoin, Token Regulation Looms, While Dodd-Frank Still in Bloom?

PYMNTS

Bitcoin may be the marquee name in cryptocurrencies, but regulation may loom for its digital dollar brethren. Recent inquiries from regulators in the federal securities and commodities realms have centered on Ethereum. of Massachusetts. Dodd-Frank. Dodd-Frank lives.

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Small Business Borrower Sues Kabbage

PYMNTS

A small business (SMB) in Massachusetts borrowing funds via marketplace lender Kabbage has sued the platform, igniting new debate in the conversation over the definition of a “true lender,” according to reports in the National Law Review on Tuesday (Oct. and Celtic Bank in a federal court in Massachusetts.

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Kabbage Lands Credit Suisse Credit Facility

PYMNTS

According to the lending platform, this is also its first credit facility rated by DBRS, Inc. Only weeks ago, news surfaced that a small business borrower in Massachusetts that used the Kabbage platform filed a lawsuit against the company and Celtic Bank.

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

PYMNTS

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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Amid pandemic, state elected officials become de facto bank regulators

American Banker

In blue states in particular, governors and attorneys general are taking up the mantle of consumer protection during the coronavirus emergency, effectively adding another layer of regulation to the patchwork of state and federal oversight.

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New York amends its Community Reinvestment Act to cover non-bank mortgage lenders; New York DFS issues proposed revisions to CRA regulation to require collection of data by banks on loan applications from minority- and women-owned businesses

CFPB Monitor

New York now joins a small group of states, including Illinois and Massachusetts, that apply CRA-type laws to non-depository mortgage lenders. The amendments allow DFS to issue regulations expanding the types of applications and notices for which it will consider such performance when taking action.