CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 19, 2021

On January 13, 2021, the Illinois legislature overwhelmingly passed SB 1792 (the “Act”), intended to, among other things, overhaul the state’s consumer finance laws. SB 1792 separately amends the Illinois Consumer Installment Loan Act and the Payday Loan Reform Act to apply this same 36% MAPR cap.)

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The document was signed by California’s Barbara Lee, Illinois’ Robin Kelly, and New Jersey’s Bonnie Watson Coleman along with as other lawmakers. The startup is also getting ready for a public listing next year and is aiming to take care of regulatory issues with different cities across the nation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Reuters reported news on Tuesday that banking regulators from seven states across the United States are working to, as the newswire reported, “streamline” the FinTech reporting process, with an eye on those tech firms having an easier road toward offering their products and services across the nation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 30, 2023

Last year, Congress took up the discussion of a national 36% annual interest rate cap. Over the past few years, numerous states have imposed interest rate caps on consumer credit. In recent blog posts, we discussed the efforts of both Michigan and New Mexico to impose a 36% annual interest rate cap. Continue Reading

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American Banker

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The OCC has filed a legal brief backing the banking industry's challenge to Illinois' Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, arguing the law would interfere with national banks' federal authority, fragment the national payment system and force banks to halt credit card usage in the state.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Interest rates on pawn loans vary as they are regulated by states. Regulations require that pawnbrokers request proof of ownership before making a deal with a potential customer — but the less reputable players in the industry have a nasty habit of forgetting to ask. So what is driving the Pawnaissance?

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Abrigo

AUGUST 22, 2019

Training is especially important for the BSA officer, who “is expected to be fully knowledgeable about the BSA and all related regulations,” as a recent Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis publication noted. These are usually less expensive, shorter, and involve less extensive travel than the larger national conferences.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 25, 2020

The FDIC’s rule purports to regulate activities of non-banks which are beyond the FDIC’s jurisdiction. We commented that the AGs’ similar attempt to dismiss Madden’s pricing impact on national banks and federal savings associations didn’t hold water and the same holds true with regard to Madden’s impact on FDIC-insured state banks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Some families pay more in taxes on diapers in a year than a month’s supply actually costs, Phillip Vander Klay, director of policy and government relations for the National Diaper Bank Network , noted in a recent discussion with PYMNTS. Depending on the state and local taxes, a sales tax can add between 2.5 Sales taxes’ price tags.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 3, 2020

Midland Funding , which held that a non-bank that purchased charged-off loans from a national bank could not charge the same rate of interest on the loans that the national bank charged under Section 85 of the National Bank Act (NBA). 1463 applies only to interest that a national bank or federal savings association may charge.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

THE UNITED NATIONS EXPLORES DLTS AND BLOCKCHAINS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID AND CLIMATE SCIENCE. ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT PILOTING LEDGERS FOR LICENSING. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), which manages physician licensing, is exploring a pilot with Hashed Health to reduce internal complexity.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

That is why we are calling on regulators to make the most of the latest mandatory review of federal banking rules. The agencies are required to study their regulations for dead weight every 10 years under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. Starting fresh. Community Bankers Chosen as CFPB Advisors.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A Supreme Court ruling from earlier this year regarding national bank preemption is already playing a prominent role in the banking sector's challenge to a state law on charge card fees.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 26, 2016

The TMC channel was a loyal companion during graduate school days at the University of Illinois, offering a comforting black and white backdrop to frequent all-day programming sessions, and today I frequently call on TMC to get me through my daily hour-long treadmill sessions. I'm a big fan of the old movie classics.

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Chicago Training Illinois System 100

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Grand Ridge National Bank: The premier league. Grand Ridge National Bank. Ask employees at Grand Ridge National Bank (GRNB) in Wheaton, Ill., size businesses and individuals throughout Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Florida. By Roshan McArthur.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

Not only do gift cards stand as the most popular holiday present, according to the National Retail Federation and other sources, but a Blackhawk Network survey found that “44 percent of consumers surveyed are interested in receiving a gift card to play the lottery, while 43 percent would be interested in giving a lottery gift card.”.

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Ohio Mobile Cards South Carolina 103

CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

Some government bodies and regulators are starting to respond. The EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) aims to protect citizens against misuse of personal data with heavy fines for bad actors. From data privacy to supply chains, decentralized user-controlled identity could fundamentally change how the internet works.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Quinn: This settlement reflects a striking departure by DFS from the current approach of virtually every federal and state banking regulator and enforcement agency on fair lending cases involving dealer [markups]. According to Rhinebeck’s President and CEO Michael J. Dealers, not banks, determine how much markup to charge customers.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Fallout from the Wells Fargo phony accounts scandal has reached Midwest bond borrowers, with Illinois announcing bans on bond and investment work and the Chicago City Council set to consider a moratorium on any bond-related business.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

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. It teaches bankers how to develop a compliance program, meet lending compliance requirements, and comply with deposit and marketing regulations. By Ed Avis.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Nasdaq: OSBC) Old Second is a single-bank holding company headquartered in Aurora, Illinois. The Bank, Old Second National Bank, lost a whopping $156 million in 2009 and 2010. That got regulator's attention in the form of a May 2011 Consent Order (CO). Old Second Bancorp, Inc. Welcome to the list! #2. Its size today, at $2.8

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MyBankTracker

MARCH 3, 2021

Lemonade is a fully licensed and regulated insurance company that serves customers in both the U.S. In some instances, they may even estimate your rebuild cost to be as low as $120 per square foot — which is on the low end of the national average of $100-$200 per square foot. What is Lemonade? and select locations in Europe.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 4, 2018

Its customers include National Instruments, Hitachi, and Comcast. Similar to audit, compliance follows a methodical, repetitive process, and regulators themselves are some of the earliest adopters of AI to aid in enforcing compliance with the regulatory requirements they mandate. COMPLIANCE OFFICERS. RESEARCHERS & CONSULTANTS.

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Software Compliance Training Google 75

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Another reason pen tests are increasingly common is that regulations and PCI compliance require banks to furnish annual pen test results. National banks. For example, community banks can create webpages providing resources for addressing identity theft from the FBI and regulators (see icba.org/solutions/operational-risk ).

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Referencing the language in Regulation B and Regulation B Commentary regarding the “effects test,” the AGs argue in their letter that the regulations implementing the ECOA have continuously interpreted the statute as providing for disparate impact liability. to discriminate against any person.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

The governor of Illinois signed a marijuana legalization bill on Tuesday (June 25), making it the 11th state to legalize pot. In addition, Illinois has become the first state to legalize the selling of the drug. Governor J.B.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

The regulations, as reported by CNBC , mandate that mobile game makers who offer in-app purchases or charge for content through other means need to get licenses from the country’s censorship regulators — specifically the General Administration of Press and Publication of China. International Tax Policy.

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Taxes Illinois Regulation Mobile 130

CB Insights

AUGUST 25, 2017

Banks are among the growing number of financial services giants investing in blockchain startups such as R3 CEV, which is working with an 80+ member consortium of banks, regulators, and technology partners to develop Corda, a blockchain platform designed to be the “new operating system” for financial markets.

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blockchain Industry Bitcoin Security 78

CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 7, 2021

The Complaint further avers that the OCC’s reliance on its robust oversight authority over national banks to prevent abusive practices in bank programs involving non-banks is unsupportable, and expresses doubt that the OCC uses its supervisory powers to prevent predatory lending.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Despite Federal ambiguity, Illinois State Regulators defined their stances on cannabis banking. One of the biggest questions concerning Illinois Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and AML professionals is how to handle cannabis and marijuana-related businesses (CRB/MRB) in a constantly changing legal landscape. If so, how do you bank them?

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Little attention, however, has been paid to the election’s implications for the role of state attorneys general and state financial services regulators in enforcing federal and state consumer financial protection laws. Such authority is expressly provided by the CFPA, which codified the U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The announcement by the Office of Comptroller of Currency that it will allow financial technology (fintech) companies to apply for national bank charters as way of fostering “responsible innovation” has already drawn fire from the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS). .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Meanwhile, states such as Kentucky, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland and others are making moves toward legalization, and via different methods. The state allows both online and offline sports betting, with regulation oversight provided by the West Virginia Lottery Commission. Integrity Fees.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Community banking priorities of reducing regulatory burden and institutionalizing tiered regulation, as well as addressing the risks and market distortions created by too-big-to-fail institutions are likely to rank high on Shelby’s and Brown’s legislative goals for the new Congress. He’s a free-market conservative,” Lynch says.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The Attorneys General of California, Illinois, and New York have filed a motion for summary judgment in their lawsuit filed against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to enjoin the OCC’s final rule purporting to override the Second Circuit’s Madden decision as to national banks and federal savings associations.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The Attorneys General of California, Illinois, and New York have filed their opposition to the OCC’s cross-motion for summary judgment in their lawsuit to enjoin the OCC’s final rule (Rule) purporting to override the Second Circuit’s Madden decision as to national banks and federal savings associations.

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