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California Dept. of Business Oversight launches “true lender” investigation of auto title lender’s partnership with Utah bank

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Thereafter, “using its existing lending operations and personnel, LoanMart commenced ‘marketing’ and ‘servicing’ auto title loans purportedly made by CCBank, a small Utah-chartered bank operating out of Provo, Utah.” The DOB indicated that such loans have interest rates greater than 90 percent.

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Capitol Hill Hearing Examines ‘Rent-A-Bank’ Schemes To Sidestep Interest Rate Caps

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Lauren Saunders, who serves as associate director of the National Consumer Law Center, said state-regulated lenders “lauder their loans up to 160 percent annual percentage rates through banks in order to evade state interest rate caps. Testimony from Diaz and Saunders identified three banks based in Utah tied to such schemes.

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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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As instances of the coronavirus quickly increase in a number of regions across the nation, Apple plans to shutter 30 more stores in the United States on Thursday (July 2) at the latest. Their reclosures reportedly are a negative barometer of the ease with which retail operations are able to resume throughout the country.

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Apple Pay Rolls Out To 17 American Credit Unions And Banks

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As has been reported, Apple Pay is also available internationally in, among other nations, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Spain, the U.K. The total roster now claims more than 1,600 banks and credit unions domestically, said the site, even as 35 percent of retailers in the U.S. support Apple Pay. and Switzerland.

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Zions Bancorporation goes live on TCS BaNCS Core Banking software

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Zions Bancorporation is one of the nation’s premier financial services companies with total assets exceeding $65 billion. Zions operates under local management teams and distinct brands in 11 western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

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N26: Cloud-Banking Core Key To Meeting Consumers’ Mobile Banking Needs

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Financial institutions (FIs) worked quickly to ensure they could operate smoothly as the pandemic kept consumers at home and closed brick-and-mortar branches in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Tracker also analyzes how the use of cloud technology can help FIs stay on top of that shift. customers in late May.

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Meal Kit Startup Gobble Hires From Starbucks, Blue Apron

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Both Steve and Brian are instrumental to our national expansion efforts, ensuring Gobble’s cost leadership and operational efficiency are best in class.”. Gobble currently serves seven western states: California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Idaho and Utah. McEvoy agreed.

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