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Small Banks Vow To Protect Regulations Keeping Retailers And Tech Giants Off Their Turf

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Small banks do not want to compete with the Amazons and Walmarts of the world when it comes to offering financial services for clients — and as of today, they more or less are protected from having to do so by regulations that prevent banks’ holding companies from branching too far outside of core financial services businesses.

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Easy Ways BSA Officers Can Get Their Required Training

Abrigo

Training is especially important for the BSA officer, who “is expected to be fully knowledgeable about the BSA and all related regulations,” as a recent Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis publication noted. One option that makes it easy for BSA officers to complete required training is to attend regional meetings. Ready to Attend?

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NY Regulator Looks To Interest Rate Caps For FIs And FinTech Firms

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In one case at the state level (and it’s New York, so movement there carries much weight within the financial arena), Bloomberg reported that NY’s financial regulator is challenging what the newswire terms a “fundamental principle” on bank and FinTech relationships that brings interest rate caps into that regulator’s crosshairs.

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China Tackles ‘Grim, Complicated’ Corporate Debt

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China’s rising levels of corporate debt are in the headlines again with the nation’s banking regulator reportedly introducing to lower debt levels. Regulators must keep clear heads and cannot be blindly optimistic,” the regulator stated in its report. Reports in Reuters said Friday (Jan.

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Axos Bank Expands Commercial Presence In NYC, LA

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Axos Bank parent company Axos Financial has rolled out out commercial banking operations across new markets in the U.S., “The nation’s two largest metropolitan areas are home to a majority of our commercial lending and banking clients,” said Greg Garrabrants, president and CEO of Axos, in a statement.

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SEC Charges BitFunder Founder With Fraud

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We allege that BitFunder operated unlawfully as an unregistered securities exchange,” Marc Berger, director of the SEC’s New York regional office, said in the release. Mehraban, associate regional director of the SEC’s New York regional office, said in the release. “We

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How Tough Will New York's Bank Regulator Be?

American Banker

Maria Vullo, still stuck in limbo as acting superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, is hindered from putting her mark on the agency until she gets confirmed. So a quiet guessing game is going on about how her supervisory philosophy will compare with her predecessor Benjamin Lawsky.