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OCC Puts Small-Dollar Loans Back In The Spotlight

PYMNTS

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a new guidance encouraging banks to offer responsible short-term, small-dollar loans to their customers. In 2013, the OCC had discouraged short-term lending by banks with limitations on what could be offered to customers depending on their credit.

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Proposed Bill Would Reform Bank Exam Processes

Global Fintech & Digital Assets

Endnotes [1] The FFIEC members are the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and the State Liaison Committee. [2]

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Why the U.S. Regulators’ New Resource on BaaS Relationships is Disappointing

Finovate

FDIC and CFPB have issued multiple consent orders to banks, citing their BaaS relationships as the cause. regulators– the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the FDIC, and the OCC– have published a new third party risk management guide for community banks. Since late 2023, the U.S.

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Finance Policy Predictions 2020: AML, Authentication, Collections & CRA

FICO

The CFPB will issue its final debt collection rule in the fall of 2020. Forty-two years after the enactment of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, the CFPB proposed the first set of rules governing third-party debt collection activities. In addition, the Federal Reserve did not join the FDIC and OCC on the proposal.

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New York Venture Bank Seeks National Bank Charter

PYMNTS

22) report by American Banker , New York Venture Bank, which will be headquartered in New York, needs the nod of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) before it can launch operations. FDIC), the news report noted the new bank will begin with $100 million in capital. According to a Wednesday (Nov. practice.

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Pew Talks Payday Loans

PYMNTS

So, PYMNTS reached out to Pew and the director of its small-dollar loans project, Nick Bourke, to get their perspective on the payday loan problem, as the ecosystem eagerly awaits the coming round of CFPB draft rules on the subject. And that the CFPB can fix — narrowly. “They keep asking: Are payday loans good or bad?

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Why The Final Payday Lending Rules Are Far From The Last Word

PYMNTS

Last week, after five years of debates, discussions, arguments and waiting, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) final rules for payday lending dropped. Most concerning, this rule completely disregards the concerns and needs of actual borrowers, who value this credit option and told the CFPB as much in the record 1.4

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