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FDIC Approves Square For Banking License

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) gave the green light to an application from the FinTech firm Square to create a de novo industrial bank in Utah, the agency said on Wednesday (March 18). The headquarters will be in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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State AGs To Press Own Case Against Google

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The states leading the probe include Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah. Google is also facing a Chinese antitrust probe into whether Google took advantage of its hold over the Android mobile operating system in order to stifle competition. 15) blog. .

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Square Tries To Create A Bank, Again

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Square said it’s going to resubmit the necessary paperwork with state and federal regulators to start a bank in Utah, which could happen as soon as Wednesday (Dec. The company had previously asked to start a bank in September of 2017, but eventually withdrew from the process over procedural issues.

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Bankers Tell Me Their Top Industry Game Changers

Jeff For Banks

This week I did my annual tour of the West, teaching Bank Profitability in the Executive Development Program for the Washington, Oregon, and Utah Bankers'' Associations. Regulations : Here is where I think future and existing executives would agree. Look at how regulators impact mortgage financing.

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gpi Makes SWIFT Cross-Border Gains

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This time around, marquee tech names such as Apple , Google and Amazon are voicing support for a real-time payments system to be spearheaded by the Federal Reserve. King argued that banks would have to use both systems, which would lead to inefficiencies and added expenses. Regulators had said a refiling would be permitted.

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Varo Is First FinTech to Receive Full-Service Charter from the OCC

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As other fintechs mature and grow nationally, the message from the federal banking system is: come on in. The water’s fine!”. Varo Bank, N.A.’s to become a bank holding company, which the Company reports was received. As the parent of a full-service national bank, Varo Money, Inc.

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Data Dive, Supersize Edition: Warby Parker, Whole Foods And WhatsApp

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Reports began to emerge nearly six months ago that WhatsApp was on the verge of a big mobile payments upgrade in the world’s most sought-after mobile payments greenfield, India, with a system set to run on the Indian government’s UPI payments system. Indians want something they are used to, in a language they can read and write in.

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