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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States federal agency created in 1933 in response to widespread bank failures in the 1920s and early 1930s.  The FDIC's mission is to maintain stability and consumer confidence in the United States banking system by insuring deposits, monitoring the health of financial institutions and managing receiverships.  less -
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New Administration Outlook: An Opening for a National Payments/Fintech Charter – and a Pathway to Financial Modernization?

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Recent announcements by Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) and X might signal that financial modernization may have finally reached a tipping point. With the right regulatory environment, fintechs and other new market...more

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Banking on a Nonbank Bank in 2024 - The ILC Option Revisited

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Becoming or owning an industrial loan company (or ILC)—the elusive "nonbank bank" option, as Congress coined the term in 1987— still has an allure for financial services providers that want to (1) lend on a national scale...more

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FDIC Approves ILC With Traditional Bank Business Model (But Don’t Rush To Submit Your Application Just Yet)

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An industrial bank or industrial loan company (each, an ILC) charter can be an attractive option for a financial technology company (fintech) or other company seeking to enter the banking space. In June 2024, the Federal...more

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5 Tips to Best Position Your Fintech for a Banking Charter License Application

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Recently, several financial technology (“Fintech”) organizations have applied for – and been granted – banking charter licenses. For example, in May 2019, Grasshopper was approved for a charter issued by the Office of the...more

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Nutter Bank Report: May 2021

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Court Rules that Debt Collector Violated FDCPA with Communication to Dunning Vendor - A federal appellate court has recently ruled that a debt collector violated certain privacy requirements under the federal Fair Debt...more

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Fintech in Brief:  Financial Trade Associations Oppose Novel OCC Charter with Uninsured Deposits

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On December 7, 2020, several bank and credit union trade associations (collectively, the “Associations”) submitted a joint letter (the “Letter”) to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) opposing the...more

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Varo Is First FinTech to Receive Full-Service Charter from the OCC

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On July 31, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) approved the national bank charter application of Varo Bank, N.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of fintech Varo Money, Inc. The approved application is for a...more

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Mobile Banking Startup Varo Money Becomes First Fintech Company Granted a National Bank Charter

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On July 31, 2020, Varo Money Inc. announced that it was granted a national bank charter by the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The charter will allow Varo, a mobile banking fintech, to launch a national...more

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Fintech in Brief: FDIC Approves First Fintech Application for Federal Deposit Insurance

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On February 7, all-mobile banking services startup Varo Money, Inc. (“Varo”) received the FDIC’s approval of its federal deposit insurance application for Varo Bank, N.A. (in formation) (the “Bank”). The FDIC’s approval...more

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OCC Fintech Charter Headed to the Second Circuit

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The Situation: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") has appealed a decision from the Southern District of New York that concluded that the OCC lacks the authority to grant "Fintech Charters" to nondepository...more

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Fintech in Brief: Final Order Entered in New York State Challenge to OCC Fintech Charter

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On October 21, 2019, Judge Victor Marrero of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York issued a final decision and order in New York State’s challenge to the OCC’s statutory authority to grant special...more

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Marketplace Lending Update #7: This and That

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There have been a handful of recent marketplace lending developments that indicate that the legal uncertainties in the post-Madden world are not going away anytime soon....more

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Call to Innovate: Is Your Bank Ready?

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In October 2018 the FDIC became the latest federal financial regulator to announce plans to create an Office of Innovation, following on the heels of the OCC and the CFPB. Originally published in Delaware Banker - Winter...more

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OCC Announces Preliminary Approval of Fintech Bank’s National Bank Charter

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Last fall, we reported that one fintech company – Varo Money, Inc. – a mobile banking startup helping customers solve financial problems, manage money and reach financial goals, applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the...more

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US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Begins Accepting National Bank Charters from FinTech Companies

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The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that it would begin accepting national bank charter applications from non-depository FinTech companies that seek to engage in the business of banking. In...more

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OCC Gives Green Light To Chartering Fintechs As Special Purpose National Banks

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced on July 31 that it will begin accepting applications for special purpose national bank charters from nondepository financial technology companies (fintechs) that are...more

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OCC Now Accepting Charter Applications for Fintech Companies

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On July 31, 2018 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that, effective immediately, it is now accepting national bank charter applications from nondepository financial technology (fintech) companies...more

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OCC Announces it Will Accept Applications for Fintech Charter; Treasury Department Releases Fintech Report

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The OCC announced on Tuesday, July 31, that it would begin accepting applications for special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters from FinTech companies engaged in the business of banking. The agency released a Policy...more

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Critical Question: Inquiry and Analysis on Whether an Uninsured Nationally Chartered Fintech Bank Charter Can Export Interest...

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The Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) presented a White Paper in December 2016 on Exploring Special Purpose National Bank Charters for Fintech Companies (“White Paper”). Comptroller Tom Curry noted that he had asked the OCC...more

MoFo Reenforcement

Financing Fintech: ILC Charters

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An ILC, or industrial loan company, is a form of bank that can be chartered in Utah, Nevada, and a few other states. ILCs are insured by the FDIC and have most traditional banking powers, but they cannot hold corporate...more

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3 Key Takeaways: Fintech & Banking 2017: Further Exploration of Bank Charters for Fintech Companies

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During recent months, Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Christina Gattuso and Counsel Eamonn Moran have provided regular updates regarding the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) decision to move forward with...more

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OCC Issues Draft Supplement Outlining Application Process for FinTech Charters

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC) has released a draft supplement to its Licensing Manual that explains the process for an entity engaged in financial technology—or FinTech—activities to charter a...more

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NYDFS, American Bankers Association Weigh In On OCC Fintech Charter Proposal

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The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has come out strongly against an Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposal to grant national bank charters to financial technology (fintech)...more

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Alert: Office of Comptroller of Currency Seeks Comment on Proposed “Fintech Charter”

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") announced on Friday, December 2, that it seeks comments on whether it should grant "special purpose" national bank charters to financial technology companies. Some of the...more

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OCC Adopts Final Rule On Receiverships for Uninsured National Banks

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On December 19th, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a final rule regarding how it will address receiverships of special purpose national banks which do not have deposits insured by the Federal Deposit...more

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