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Amendments to Ohio’s Administrative Rules Relating to Residential Mortgage Lending

CFPB Monitor

The Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Financial Institutions is amending the rules that implement the state’s Residential Mortgage Lending Act. The Division is seeking preliminary feedback on the administrative rules, which are codified in the Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 1301:8-7, as they undergo a five-year rule review.

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Ohio Payday Loan Reform Supporters Get Green Light

PYMNTS

Consumer advocates in Ohio were granted permission to start collecting signatures to get a constitutional amendment regarding payday loan reform on the ballot. “The Ohio Consumer Lenders Association favors reform that curbs excesses without ending access to credit,” association spokesman Patrick Crowley said in a statement.

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A small-dollar business lending scheme finds a niche at Huntington

American Banker

The Columbus, Ohio-based regional launched Lift Local Business in October 2020 with a $25 million ceiling. Four years and $133 million later, the program is still going strong.

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Pew Charitable Trusts to host event on Ohio payday lending law

CFPB Monitor

focusing on Ohio’s Fairness in Lending Act. At the event, Ohio legislators from both sides of the aisle, business leaders, advocates, and researchers will discuss the Act. This afternoon, Pew Charitable Trusts will host an event in Washington, D.C.

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Digital Bank Monzo Jumps Into Lending In The UK

PYMNTS

He added that jumping into more traditional lending “can get us a good way to profitability, if not even all the way.”. The eBank joins smaller rival Starling Bank on the lending front, becoming the second online bank in the U.K. The company is hopeful that its consumer lending division will lead to profits, according to the report.

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Credit union membership, lending up in Q2

Abrigo

Last week the NCUA reported that the total number of credit union members had surpassed the 101 million mark, and overall lending was up as of the close of Q2. Total lending at federally-insured credit unions reached $745.2 Auto lending has been an area of growth for credit unions over the last several quarters. billion, up 3.9

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DOJ announces $9 million agreement to resolve redlining allegations against Park National Bank

CFPB Monitor

Park National Bank (“Park National”), based in Ohio, has agreed to pay $9 million to settle allegations brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that it engaged in unlawful redlining practices in the Columbus metropolitan area by not providing mortgage lending services to majority-Black and Hispanic communities from 2015 to 2021. .