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Fintechs Face Difficult Regulatory Realities on Charters

Bank Innovation

WASHINGTON, D.C. Fintechs are having trouble facing reality when it comes to obtaining bank charters, FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams and Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting said here at the FDIC’s Fintech and the Future of Banking conference on Wednesday.

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First New Community Bank In Decades Headed To US Market

PYMNTS

is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C. The FDIC’s announcement said a private placement offering will raise at least $25 million for the bank ahead of its launch. . Bloomberg listed Casey G.

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Could COVID-19 Cause A Banking And Commercial Real Estate Crisis?

PYMNTS

This is something that could make a bad situation worse,” Adam Slater, lead economist for Oxford Economics in London, told The Washington Post. Adding to the problem, the Post reported, is the fact that the looming threat of bankruptcies and defaults has already caused banks to tighten lending. No Quick Fix.

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FTC to host June 9 forum on marketplace lending

CFPB Monitor

The interest of federal regulators in marketplace lending continues to grow. In July 2015, the Treasury Department issued a request for information regarding online marketplace lending and, in February 2016, the FDIC published an article highlighting the risks for banks that partner with marketplace lenders.

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New CRA Guidance Promotes Use of Alternative Data in Lending

FICO

The potential of alternative data in consumer lending decisions continues to be a hot topic in Washington, D.C., The Act requires federal banking agencies (the OCC, FDIC and Federal Reserve – “Agencies”) to conduct periodic reviews of each depository institution’s efforts in this area.

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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

While we will cover the general lessons HERE , in this article, we wanted to focus on the root cause – how and why interest rate risk caused the second-largest bank failure in US history (Washington Mutual was the largest in 2008). That fact makes the bank’s deposits less sticky and subject to outflow at any sign of insolvency.

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FDIC Launches Small Business Lending Survey

American Banker

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is launching a survey this month to collect data on the small business lending practices of insured banks.

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