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Regulators weigh impact of new capital rules on banks and nonbanks alike

American Banker

Higher capital requirements tend to drive certain lending activities away from banking and toward so-called shadow banks. How regulators shore up banks without driving their customers away is the source of a spirited philosophical debate in Washington.

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DOJ announces $9M settlement with Washington Trust for redlining in Rhode Island

American Banker

based Washington Trust over race-based lending discrimination and redlining in the state, saying the bank denied lending services to Black and Hispanic neighborhoods from 2016 to 2021. The Department of Justice reached a $9 million settlement Wednesday with Westerly, R.I.-based

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Shifts in lending

Independent Banker

As we kick off this year’s lending issue, I want to pause for a moment to reflect on just how much lending has changed. I’ll be attending the 2022 Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington Bankers Associations’ Annual Convention in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and meeting with ICBA’s board of directors. Where I’ll be this month.

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FTC Calls For Tighter Small Biz Lending Scrutiny

PYMNTS

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is eyeing tighter scrutiny of small business lending practices as Commissioner Rohit Chopra calls on the regulator to combat predatory SMB loan contracts, reports in Bloomberg said on Wednesday (May 8). Chopra spoke at an agency forum in Washington, D.C.,

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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. That comes as Open Banking bowed in Europe last month.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

Needless to say, the advocacy process with the CFPB has moved at the speed of Washington. The latest ICBA salvo was the association’s January 2015 release of its Community Bank Lending Survey, which detailed the tangible impact of the current rules on community banks. See feature for details.).

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

Needless to say, the advocacy process with the CFPB has moved at the speed of Washington. The latest ICBA salvo was the association’s January 2015 release of its Community Bank Lending Survey, which detailed the tangible impact of the current rules on community banks. See feature for details.).