Colorado is mapping a dangerous path on access to credit
American Banker
JANUARY 2, 2024
A new law will make Colorado a much more difficult place for cash-strapped citizens to get credit. Other states should avoid following in its footsteps.
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American Banker
JANUARY 2, 2024
A new law will make Colorado a much more difficult place for cash-strapped citizens to get credit. Other states should avoid following in its footsteps.
American Banker
JUNE 7, 2023
The measure will prevent banks chartered elsewhere from charging interest rates above Colorado's 36% rate cap. If additional states take the same approach, it could hamper the business model for high-cost consumer lenders that partner with banks.
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CFPB Monitor
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American Banker
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A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction sought by industry groups that sued to block a Colorado law. The law, which would cap interest rates on consumer loans, targets partnerships between fintechs and out-of-state banks.
American Banker
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is arguing that Colorado has the right to establish an interest rate cap that all state-chartered banks must follow. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Three industry groups are suing the state in an effort to stop its attempted crackdown.
PYMNTS
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Trends in legal cannabis retail are just now emerging, and fresh numbers from Colorado are providing insight into how the industry is evolving. The report said Colorado “had 2,917 licensed marijuana businesses and 41,076 individuals licensed to work in the industry as of June.”.
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A lawsuit filed by the American Fintech Council and two other trade groups has implications for other states that also want to keep out high-cost consumer lenders.
PYMNTS
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The legal marijuana industry in North America includes a complex ecosystem of cultivators, logistics providers, lawyers, accountants, contractors and more — meaning an entire supply chain of B2B service providers is impacted when a legal marijuana company is unable to get banked.
PYMNTS
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Massachusetts joins a handful of states, including Colorado, Washington and Maine, that have taken steps to legalize recreational marijuana. GFA spent time researching how Colorado was affected after it legalized recreational marijuana in 2012: The state’s marijuana businesses were often beset by break-ins, robberies and even murders.
CFPB Monitor
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The CTDPA follows the form and content of other privacy laws passed in the prior year, including the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), and Utah Privacy Act (UPA). As noted above, the law exempts non-profits, again in line with most other states save for Colorado. Data Minimization and Security.
CFPB Monitor
MARCH 8, 2022
Following the lead of California, Colorado, and Virginia, Utah is set to become the fourth state to pass a comprehensive privacy law. While the Utah law will likely not significantly change compliance requirements for businesses subject to the California, Colorado, or Virginia laws, it will create new obligations for some companies.
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It also makes a good impression on regulators. Regulators are fearful of banker complacency,” he observes. Solicit regulators’ input—before the examiners arrive. Both Hemsath and Beller believe regulators have been constructive and helpful in the recent economic cycle. Judith Sears is a writer in Colorado.
CFPB Monitor
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
The DBO indicated that it “is investigating whether LoanMart’s role in the arrangement is so extensive as to require compliance with California’s lending laws. While several states oppose the preemption of state usury laws in the context of bank/nonbank partnerships, federal banking regulators have taken a different stance.
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PYMNTS
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PYMNTS
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These schools have greater autonomy than traditional public schools, but they also face more scrutiny from local regulators. Rafanelli said BuyQ was inspired by his own experience of working with charter schools in Colorado. million students in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Charter School Spending Lessons.
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CFPB Monitor
MARCH 15, 2022
The OCC’s attempt to provide a clear bright line test for determining when a bank is the “true lender” in a bank-model program through a regulation was overturned by Congress under the Congressional Review Act.) Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Colorado.
Independent Banker
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
ICBA’s in-depth certification programs vault compliance officers to the highest standards. imberly Anderson, senior vice president and chief administrative officer of Cañon National Bank in southern Colorado, became her community bank’s loan compliance officer in 2003. By Ed Avis.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 16, 2018
The reality is 99 percent of banks don’t want to mess with them, [because] there’s a lot of internal compliance if you’re going to serve the cannabis industry,” noted Jim Marty of Bridge West CPAs, a Colorado accounting firm that represents roughly 250 cannabis businesses and license holders nationwide.
CB Insights
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Friday Health Plans , a Colorado-based health insurance and benefits platform, raised $21.1M A recent article in Insurance Journal explains the scrutiny regulators are under for balancing the encouragement of technological innovation and combating biases and unfair impact on policyholders. . in funding from Societe Generale Assurances.
Jeff For Banks
MARCH 29, 2014
We are registered in Colorado and Oregon as a lender and our employees maintain home offices in those states from which we originate and underwrite those loans. Since the fourth quarter, 2012, we have expanded to serve the small business community by offering loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration as well as the U.S.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 11, 2020
Blockchain can help automate compliance efforts and settle trades with speed. Regulators, he said, are becoming more comfortable with the digital platform model that takes middlemen out of the equation (the demand side comes through broker-dealers). Regis Aspen Resort based in Colorado.
Gonzobanker
DECEMBER 19, 2017
Heavy-handed regulators. Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 7, 2019
The bill was sponsored by Congressmen Ed Perlmutter of Colorado, Denny Heck of Washington, Steve Stivers of Ohio and Warren Davidson of Ohio — all members of the House Committee on Financial Services. The legislation aims to ensure that state-authorized and regulated cannabis businesses are not forced to operate with cash only.
PYMNTS
MARCH 27, 2019
Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat from Colorado, and would prevent federal regulators from pulling a bank’s charter or deposit insurance because it works with a pot company in a state where it’s legal. Fear that a bank would lose its federal charter if it works with a pot company has forced them on the sidelines.
CFPB Monitor
JANUARY 7, 2021
As noted in the proposal, the OCC’s statutes and regulations, enforceable guidelines, guidance, and enforcement authority provide robust and effective safeguards against predatory lending when a bank exercises its lending authority.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators when dealing with legal cannabis operations. In 2018, consumers in Colorado bought some $1.55 Two of the speakers at the hearing — Colorado Rep.
Gonzobanker
DECEMBER 19, 2016
Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Acquisition of the Year – Guaranty Bank and Trust Company in Colorado for its acquisition of Home State Bank. Let’s hope bankers can keep evolving their mortgage business and borrower experiences among all this compliance chaos.
Gonzobanker
DECEMBER 19, 2016
Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Acquisition of the Year – Guaranty Bank and Trust Company in Colorado for its acquisition of Home State Bank. Let’s hope bankers can keep evolving their mortgage business and borrower experiences among all this compliance chaos.
Independent Banker
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Our compliance program, based on elevated risk, is very robust. However, the ambiguous legal landscape complicates compliance; 47 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S. Our compliance program, based on elevated risk, is very robust,” she notes. “We Digital path to compliance. Chris Hartman, Cogent Bank.
PYMNTS
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That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators if dealing with legal cannabis operations. In 2018, consumers in Colorado bought some $1.55 billion worth of legal cannabis products.
CFPB Monitor
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Supporters point out the Proposed Rule would result in strong and consistent supervision of bank-fintech partnerships across the country, ensuring fairness and compliance with applicable laws, and note the Proposed Rule would keep the costs of credit down and encourage innovation.
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