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  • Small business lending
    PPP forgiveness volume tops $100 billion: SBA

    The pace of forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program loans is expected to accelerate when the Small Business Administration issues guidance on additional steps meant to streamline the process.

    By John Reosti
    January 13
  • Fintech
    Banking data analytics vendor MX raises $300 million

    The Utah company, which serves more than 2,000 banks and credit unions, has grown rapidly because it helps financial institutions deliver the types of personalized financial advice consumers have increasingly come to expect.

    By Penny Crosman
    January 13
    Ryan Caldwell, CEO, MX
  • Affordable housing
    New Senate Banking chief sets dramatic change of course

    Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said elevating affordable housing issues, examining the financial system through a climate and racial justice "lens" and holding banks accountable for their impact on consumers will be among his priorities.

    By Neil Haggerty
    January 12
    “Housing determines so much in peoples’ lives. It determines closeness to a grocery store. … It determines the school district your children live in,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.
  • BankThink Next step in AML overhaul: Simplify SARs

    Congress acted first when it freed financial firms from having to disclose the beneficial owners of commercial clients. Now it's time for regulators to further ease anti-money-laundering reporting requirements by freeing them from filing duplicative or unnecessary suspicious activity reports.

    January 12
    Satish M. Kini
    Satish M. Kini
    Debevoise
  • Consumer banking
    Coin shortage eases as U.S. ramps up production

    The Mint’s facilities in Denver and Philadelphia worked overtime in the second half of 2020 so that banks and retailers could get more change into customers’ hands.

    By Jon Prior
    January 10
  • GSE reform
    Are Treasury, FHFA running out of time to approve GSE capital boost?

    The agency that supervises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has pushed for revising an agreement with the Treasury Department allowing the mortgage giants to retain their profits. A deal could be out of reach once Joe Biden takes office.

    By Hannah Lang
    January 8
    Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said that he supports changing the terms of the government’s ownership of the companies to allow them to hold more capital. But it remains to be seen if he will ultimately sign off on the change in the last few days of the Trump administration.
  • Paycheck Protection Program
    More incentives for smaller lenders in next PPP round

    Community banks will have access to allocated funds and at least two days of exclusive portal access when the Small Business Administration relaunches the Paycheck Protection Program.

    By John Reosti
    January 7
  • BankThink Next step in AML overhaul: Simplify SARs

    Congress acted first when it freed financial firms from having to disclose the beneficial owners of commercial clients. Now it's time for regulators to further ease anti-money-laundering reporting requirements by freeing them from filing duplicative or unnecessary suspicious activity reports.

    January 6
    Satish M. Kini
    Satish M. Kini
    Debevoise
  • Debt collection
    Saga over regulating debt collectors will continue in 2021

    The CFPB issued two rulemakings in 2020 that the financial services industry and consumer advocates hoped would finally clarify key issues over how collectors contact debtors and deal with legacy debts. But both sides want the incoming Biden administration to make further changes.

    By Kate Berry
    January 5
    Consumer advocates blasted the CFPB for requiring consumers to opt out of texts and emails rather than opt in, claiming that consumers will be bombarded with messages from collectors.
  • AML
    Senate override of Trump veto clears way for shell-company reform

    Congress's enactment of the defense spending bill opposed by the White House removes the final hurdle for a key anti-money-laundering provision.

    By Joe Adler
    January 2
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