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Perficient to Present at Fintech Generations 2021

Perficient

While Fintech Generations was historically an in-person conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, this year’s event, similar to 2020, will be virtual and is expected to attract more than 1,000 attendees. Since its inception in 2015, the Fintech Generations conference has drawn national and international fintech leaders and speakers.

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Senate Banking Committee to hold April 28 hearing on “rent-a-bank,” Acting Comptroller of the Currency and State AGs send letters to lawmakers on OCC “true lender” rule

CFPB Monitor

In addition to Brian Brooks, the former Acting Comptroller of the Currency, the scheduled witnesses are Josh Stein, North Carolina Attorney General, Lisa Stifler, Director of State Policy, Center for Responsible Lending, Dr. Frederick D.

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Going the extra mile to help minority-owned businesses weather pandemic

American Banker

Uwharrie Capital in North Carolina and Valley National in New York used their community connections to seek out small companies in need of loans from the Paycheck Protection Program. They found plenty of them.

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Small Business Banking Targeted In Open Banking Initiatives

PYMNTS

. “In this day and age, it is very important for community financial institutions to be able to compete with their main new competitors — challenger banks and national banks — and have access to the same technology that can be deployed in weeks, not years,” said Agora Services Founder and CEO Arcady Lapiro in a statement.

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FHFA Addresses Appraisal Bias

CFPB Monitor

The FHFA also notes that in 2021 on a national basis, 15.2% For example, in 2021 in the Charlotte, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area, reviewers may want to focus on minority tracts …which have a higher proportion of undervaluation than high minority and White tracts.”.

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What Is Powering The Emerging Pawnaissance?

PYMNTS

While short-term lending in general has a pretty rough reputation, the pawn loan is the most ill-regarded arena in an already unloved category of consumer lending. The loan amount a borrower can get from a pawnbroker is determined solely by the value of the item itself; as in most forms of short-term lending, there is no credit check.

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

CFPB Monitor

The DBO indicated that it “is investigating whether LoanMart’s role in the arrangement is so extensive as to require compliance with California’s lending laws. According to the DBO’s press release, until the FACA became effective, LoanMart was making state-licensed auto title loans at rates above 100 percent.

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