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Banks Push Back On Possible Banking Charters For Big Techs Like Amazon And Facebook

PYMNTS

Overseen by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the charter would allow firms like Facebook, Google or Amazon to bypass the process by which they need to collect money transmitter licenses state by state. This isn’t the OCC’s first attempt to create a special banking charter that would benefit tech firms.

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Industry Reacts as OCC Reveals Concerns About Impact of Fintech-Bank Partnerships

The Fintech Times

The regulatory tides may be changing in the US, as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) suggests banks should be doing more to manage risks related to partnering with fintech firms. Rick Kuci, COO of FundKite “Unfortunately, many banks caused this risk issue for themselves.

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

FICO

The FCC will issue updated interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in 2020. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has long been a concern to many organizations that are frustrated by their inability to effectively use modern technology to communicate with their customers or members.

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

PYMNTS

On the other side of the issue, however, industry representatives were far less excited and genuinely concerned about the unintended casualties of the “consumer protection” legislation. There’s the OCC for national banks; for small state there is the FDIC; medium banks have the Fed and there is NCUA for credit unions.

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Public Policy Predictions 2019: Regulatory Reforms Ahead

FICO

The FCC Will Issue a Major Declaratory Ruling on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In September, the OCC took the lead by issuing an Advance Notice Proposed Rulemaking asking the public 31 questions related to four main areas of the existing CRA regulatory framework. In March, the U.S.

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2017 Banking Regulatory Predictions—Brace for a Sea Change

FICO

The FDIC, Fed and OCC recently initiated the process for drafting new cybersecurity regulations for banks with assets exceeding $50 billion. fraud alerts) in accordance with the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). We’ve already seen several early indications of this.

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Is US Financial Regulatory Reform Dead or Ready for Take Off?

FICO

We have already seen new leaders at the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), while the President has recently nominated a new head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).