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State Bank Regs File Suit To Block OCC’s Bank Charter

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More legal troubles have emerged for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) over its plan to introduce national bank charters for FinTechs, aimed at making it easier for alternative financial services players to do business. state bank regulators said it filed a complaint in the U.S. . Reports in Reuters on Thursday (Oct.

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 FinTech Reg Sandbox Takes Shape Via CFPB

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In news separate from the sandbox announcement, yet germane to the financial industry in general, loan terms are sweetening, with some regulators starting to worry about looser lending standards, leading to annual lending growth of 3 percent.

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CSBS: California A Template For States’ Role In Data Privacy Regs

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The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBC) said last week that there should be a “floor” for data privacy and security regulations, a statement issued by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Here’s a mortgage analogy. financial crisis.”.

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War-Gaming The Future Of Small-Dollar Lending

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The CFPB was a few weeks away from releasing new draft regulations, and the money was on regs that would by and large neuter the industry. And if one were to ask their Magic 8-Ball about the fate of those payday lending regs, the answer one would most likely get at this point is “Ask again later.”. The Uncertainty Challenge.

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CFPB Has Spoken: Payday Lending Regs Drop

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Reactions to the regulations have run the gamut, as one might have expected after what was an extremely contentious five-year effort to bring federal regulation to an industry that had previously only been state-regulated. By the CFPB’s own estimates, the regulations as written will cut the number of short-term loans in the U.S.

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