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State RegulatorsĀ Investigate Payday Advances

PYMNTS

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has announced it will lead a multi-state investigation into alleged violations of state regulations of the short term lending industry, specifically in the area of payroll advances. Many people living paycheck to paycheck already make more than median income.ā€.

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Republicans weigh rolling back anti-ESG law they passed

American Banker

Oklahoma lawmakers are having second thoughts about legislation blacklisting financial firms for their restrictions on lending to oil, gas and coal companies,

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Bank accused of redlining says DOJ unfairly linked it to a race atrocity

American Banker

DOJ cites American Bank of Oklahoma's lending record, as well as racially inflammatory emails it claims bank employees forwarded, in support of its redlining claims.

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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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NY DFS announces multistate investigation of payroll advance industry

CFPB Monitor

In its press release, the DFS claims that the investigation will look into ā€œallegations of unlawful online lendingā€ and ā€œwill help determine whether these payroll advance practices are usurious and harming consumers.ā€ Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation. Maryland Office of the Commissioner for Financial Regulation.

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Entering the cannabis banking market

Independent Banker

When Oklahoma legalized the sales of cannabis for medicinal purposes in 2018, executives of $550 million-asset Blue Sky Bank in Tulsa, Okla., In the absence of explicit federal guidelines, banks and regulators follow the 2014 FinCEN guidance and the Cole Memo guidelines published under the Obama administration. By Judith Sears.

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The Case For Localizing Mom-And-Pop Investment

PYMNTS

“Being in Boston, Massachusetts, I’m much less likely to invest in a restaurant in Oklahoma if the same business was right next to me,” Mathews said. “The aspect of localization creates almost a sense of meritocracy, allowing market validation to be moved much earlier in the process, and aligned with fundraising.”

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