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Canadian bank still waiting on regulators to OK cross-border merger

American Banker

VersaBank in London, Ontario, agreed nearly two years ago to buy a small Minnesota bank. The buyer's CEO says he remains hopeful approval will come soon.

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Minnesota federal court decision is warning to lead generators

CFPB Monitor

A Minnesota federal district court recently ruled that lead generators for a payday lender could be liable for punitive damages in a class action filed on behalf of all Minnesota residents who used the lender’s website to obtain a payday loan during a specified time period.

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Minnesota Bankers Association challenges FDIC's NSF rule

American Banker

The Minnesota Bankers Association and Lake Central Bank jointly filed a lawsuit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over its nonsufficient funds fee rules' inclusion of "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" violations in its policy.

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Microsoft Calls For Regulation Of Facial Recognition Tech

PYMNTS

About two months after civil liberties organizations demanded that Amazon stop providing governments with facial recognition services, Microsoft is asking for government regulation of the technology. The tech company is also calling for laws to guide acceptable use, Reuters reported.

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More States Mull Interest Rate Preemption and “Anti-Evasion” Legislation

CFPB Monitor

Rhode Island, Minnesota, and Nevada have joined the list of jurisdictions considering proposals to legislatively opt out of federal interest rate preemption established under the federal Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (DIDMCA).

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“Dormant Commerce Clause” case law continues to evolve

CFPB Monitor

3) grants Congress the power “[t]o regulate Commerce. To allow Minnesota to apply its bullion regulatory scheme to transactions its residents conduct wholly in South Dakota, South Carolina, or South Korea would be to ‘arbitrarily [] exalt the public policy’ of Minnesota over those jurisdictions. The Commerce Clause (U.S.

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Senate Antitrust Panel To Look At Big Tech Acquisitions, Competition

PYMNTS

Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the top Democrat on the panel (and a presidential candidate), said the meeting is set to take place on Sept. It has 11 active cases regarding the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation , or GDPR, the report said. Panel Chairman Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Sen.

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