SoFi’s Bank Charter Has Almost No Chance, Former SEC Chairman Says
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
The charter, submitted to the State of Utah last June, would give the online lender the ability to collect deposits insured by the […].
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
The charter, submitted to the State of Utah last June, would give the online lender the ability to collect deposits insured by the […].
PYMNTS
APRIL 7, 2017
LendingClub’s former CEO, Renaud Laplanche, who stepped down in May, sending shockwaves throughout the online lending industry, is gearing up to launch a new lender online called Upgrade. The loans will be issued by WebBank out of Utah and later purchased by Upgrade.
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CFPB Monitor
APRIL 25, 2022
Utah and Virginia recently became the first two states to require the registration of providers of merchant cash advances. HB 1027 directs the Commission to adopt implementing regulations but does not link the statute’s effective date to the adoption of regulations. The new laws also include disclosure requirements.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
Lauren Saunders, who serves as associate director of the National Consumer Law Center, said state-regulated lenders “lauder their loans up to 160 percent annual percentage rates through banks in order to evade state interest rate caps. Testimony from Diaz and Saunders identified three banks based in Utah tied to such schemes.
PYMNTS
JUNE 20, 2017
The action comes a week after the FDIC announced that digital lender SoFi had applied to the state of Utah for a special banking charter known as an ILC. Ten years ago Walmart to launch in Utah, where many ILCs are based, and was shut down.
CFPB Monitor
JUNE 15, 2022
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has issued final regulations to implement SB 1235, the bill signed into law on September 30, 2018 that requires consumer-like disclosures to be made for certain commercial financing products, including small business loans and merchant cash advances. .
PYMNTS
JULY 13, 2016
The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (July 12) that the online lender, commonly known as SoFi, with $10 billion in student loans and mortgages across its books, may be forced to don more traditional financial services garb as the online lending sector is buffeted about by negative headlines and looming regulations.
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