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CFPB Rolls Out Innovation Regulator Network

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A network to better coordinate financial innovation among federal and state regulators is being launched by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in partnership with several states, the agency said in a press release. State regulators in every state were invited to join. .

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Uber Self-Driving Car Kills Arizona Pedestrian

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Uber ’s self-driving car in Tempe, Arizona, struck and killed a pedestrian Sunday night (March 18), marking the first known fatality of a pedestrian by an autonomous vehicle. Some incredibly sad news out of Arizona,” wrote Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Twitter on Monday (March 19), according to the WSJ.

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5 reasons your financial institution should attend the ThinkBIG 2024 conference

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The ThinkBIG 2024 conference is June 3-6 in Phoenix, Arizona, and with 99% of last year’s attendees saying they would recommend the conference to others, Abrigo expects another large crowd. Frank Lloyd Wright-influenced architecture and the amenities of the Waldorf Astoria resort make the Arizona Biltmore a desert oasis.

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CFPB Names Paul Watkins From AZ AG Office As Innovation Head

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced that Paul Watkins, a lawyer, will lead the agency’s newly created Office of Innovation. “I The Office of Innovation was recently created by Mulvaney to focus on a new priority for the agency: encouraging consumer-friendly innovation.

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Arizona AG announces more fintech sandbox participants

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In August 2018, Arizona began accepting applications for its regulatory sandbox that “enables a participant to obtain limited access to Arizona’s market to test innovative financial products or services without first obtaining full state licensure or other authorization that otherwise may be required.” and Sweetbridge NFP, Ltd.,

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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

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Alloy’s Julieann Thurlow, CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, said, “Community banks play a special role in the lives of our customers, but we don’t have the same IT and innovation budgets as the big banks to capitalize on that relationship.” Here In The States. In the United States, sandboxes are grabbing a bit of headline space.

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Could Income Share Agreements Displace Payday Loans?

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Income sharing is not a common method of financing as of 2019 — though, as of late, it has begun to get much more interest from investors and innovators, particularly in the context of student loan financing. The most common view is that they do not, though the arena is still so new that it remains a grey area.

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