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Is Tribal Lending Done?

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The Kansas businessman – facing a 2017 conviction for violating federal truth in lending and racketeering laws in connection with his online lending business – attempted to apologize for the $3.5 Regulators spent most of 2017 cracking down on the practice. Tribal Lending . attorney Joon H.

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Ag lending risk increasing as result of declining incomes

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“Although loan volumes have increased steadily since 2011, recent increases have coincided with a period of declining farm income,” said a recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The report noted that since 2012, crop cash receipts have declined by more than 20 percent, according to the USDA.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

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According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , community banks’ deposit market share dropped to 15% in 2022 from 22% in 2013. The best lending software for small banks, for example, is flexible enough that it can be customer-facing for only those product types the bank chooses. People have other options,” Kirby said.

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

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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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How to stress test your ag portfolio

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The report, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , stated that demand could remain high since futures markets for fall crops show prices are likely to remain low because of the potential for another record harvest. The challenge is that market conditions in this type of lending tend to be volatile.

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Non-performing ag loans increase, says lender survey

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Agricultural lenders are reporting increases in non-performing farms loans and decreased farmland values, according to the latest Agricultural Lender Survey conducted by the Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics. Image credit: Forest Wander via Flickr CC.

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Onward Financial’s Employer-Backed Payday Loan Alternative

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I think it is pretty obvious when you read stories about the payday lending industry – and how it goes wrong for customers – that consumers need a better alternative,” Onward Financial Founder Ronnie Washington said. Instead of potentially paying higher fees over a longer period of time, consumers just have bills they can’t pay.