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States have led the way on fintech rules, but a Democratic-led government would take a stronger role, says DailyPay's Matthew Kopko.

A Democratic victory in Tuesday's election would likely produce new leaders at the CFPB and OCC who could take bank regulation in a sharply different direction. Here are some names potentially under consideration.

Myra Toeppe, who had been serving as acting director since January, will take on that role permanently.

Businesses are looking for banks to help them shed paper and automate transactions, says FISPAN's Clayton Weir.

The effort is the first offshoot of Project REACh, which is designed to bring together business leaders, government officials and advocates to help improve financial services options for disadvantaged communities.

The agency’s final rule modernizing the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act limits calls to seven per week, but collectors won stronger protections from liability claims and other key changes to the original proposal.

The CrossState Credit Union Association continues to work with lawmakers in neighboring New Jersey to get similar legislation passed there.

Bankers can either fight the president’s recent order banning diversity training in federal contracts or face reputational risk by complying with it.

Underwhelming participation in the middle-market loan program has forced the central bank to reduce the minimum borrowing amount for the third time, to $100,000.

The lawsuit filed on behalf of the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders says the rule was based on “an invented evidentiary standard,” and failed to consider consumer protections mandated by Dodd-Frank.