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U.S. Bancorp Hoping For Regulation Lift By End Of Year

PYMNTS

“We do hope that, and believe that, as we get into the late second quarter, early third quarter, that the regulators will now start to … make judgments with respect to sustainability,” said Dolan. Bancorp admitted that it failed to look into certain suspicious customer accounts, as well as concealed key information from its regulator.

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Community banks trade group asks Trump Administration to curb fair lending enforcement

CFPB Monitor

The Independent Community Bankers of America issued a statement calling on the Trump administration “to rein in the overzealous application of fair lending laws.” Paul metropolitan area. For a more detailed discussion of the DOJ’s redlining claim, see our legal alert.

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Education: By Popular Demand

Independent Banker

It teaches bankers how to develop a compliance program, meet lending compliance requirements, and comply with deposit and marketing regulations. Many have been bankers themselves and sometimes industry regulators or attorneys. 8–12 in Minneapolis. 14–17 in Minneapolis. 11–13 in Minneapolis. 25–30 in Denver.

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Why Regulators’ War On Fees Will Kill Consumers

PYMNTS

And who can’t get any other people to lend them money on a short-term basis. Of course, it isn’t just that regulators have their playlist tuned into the one of Prince, Pink, Lynyrd Skynyrd or Janis’s odes to “free.” Lots of other players have been serenading the regulators, courts, and whoever else will listen with those same tunes.

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Claim: Racial Disparities Rampant in Three Midwest Metro Areas

American Banker

Mortgage originators aren't lending enough to people of color or the poor in the St. Louis, Milwaukee and Minneapolis metropolitan areas, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition said.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

That is why we are calling on regulators to make the most of the latest mandatory review of federal banking rules. The agencies are required to study their regulations for dead weight every 10 years under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. Starting fresh. Community Bankers Chosen as CFPB Advisors.

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Ballard Spahr Submits Comment Letter to OCC in Support of Proposed True Lender Rule

CFPB Monitor

Our letter draws on Ballard Spahr’s two-plus decades of experience in representing banks and savings associations (“Banks”) in establishing lending programs (“Bank-Agent Programs”) where a Bank obtains substantial assistance from a fintech or other non-Bank company (an “Agent”) to offer Bank loans to consumers or small businesses.

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