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a wholly-owned subsidiary of fintech Varo Money, Inc. The approved application is for a full-service charter, not the OCC’s controversial FinTech charter that is currently the subject of ongoing litigation. team — the first consumer fintech to receive a national bank charter. The water’s fine!”. Varo Bank, N.A.’s
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She offered a list of other firms engaged in similar practices, such as LoanMart, where auto title loan rates range from 60 percent to 222 percent, and where bank sponsors are based in Utah. Testimony from Diaz and Saunders identified three banks based in Utah tied to such schemes.
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