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US Rep Calls For Action On Predatory SMB Lending

PYMNTS

Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) is calling on lawmakers to address predatory lending to small businesses (SMBs), The Washington Post reported on Thursday (June 27). “By ending confessions of judgment in commercial lending, we can stop some of the abuses that are crippling honest small business owners,” she said.

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Third Circuit holds application of PA usury law to auto loans made to PA residents at out-of-state locations does not violate Commerce Clause

CFPB Monitor

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently ruled that the application of Pennsylvania usury laws to vehicle-secured loans made to Pennsylvania residents who travel outside of Pennsylvania to obtain such loans does not violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. In TitleMax of Delaware, Inc.

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Pennsylvania Attorney General solicits redlining complaints from consumers

CFPB Monitor

HMDA data was recently used by a Connecticut fair housing advocacy groups to support redlining claims in a lawsuit filed in Connecticut federal district court alleging that a bank had engaged in discriminatory mortgage lending in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act.

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Mnuchin Now Says All PPP Loan Recipients Will Face Audits

PYMNTS

The bank doesn’t have a lot of incentive” to investigate, said Richard Prisinzano, a budget expert at the University of Pennsylvania, told the newspaper. billion for salaries and expenses on top of its $1 billion budget, the money was expected to be used for handling new disaster lending. They’ll do bare-minimum checks.”.

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Pennsylvania bank taps into crypto cash to boost lending

American Banker

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Customers Bancorp, BankMobile to chart new paths as separate companies

American Banker

Spinning off its digital bank will allow Pennsylvania-based Customers to beef up its commercial lending and buy other banks. BankMobile, meanwhile, plans to pursue more white-label relationships and perhaps explore its own acquisitions.

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DOJ announces settlement of redlining lawsuit

CFPB Monitor

The key allegations in the DOJ’s complaint are the following: During the relevant time period (2015-2021), the Newark, New Jersey-Pennsylvania Metro Division (Newark MD) as delineated in 2015 included Essex, Somerset, Union, Sussex, and Morris counties in New Jersey (Newark Lending Area). unlikely to be caused by chance) and sizeable.