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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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OCC payments charter quickly generates industry concern

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As we reported, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks has previewed the OCC’s plans to introduce another special purpose national bank charter that would give payment companies a nationwide servicing platform and...more

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NYDFS files brief with Second Circuit in OCC’s appeal from district court judgment in lawsuit challenging fintech charter

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The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has filed its opening brief with the Second Circuit in the OCC’s appeal from the district court’s final judgment in DFS’s lawsuit challenging the OCC’s issuance of special...more

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Marketplace Lending Update #6: Is the Fintech Charter the Solution? Don’t Bank on It

Many have believed that the national bank “fintech charter” is an ideal solution to providing marketplace consumer loans on a 50-state basis. ...more

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Fintech bank announces preliminary OCC approval of national bank charter

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In a press release, the organizers of Varo Bank, N.A. announced they have been granted preliminary approval by the OCC of their application to form a de novo national bank, which they claim “put[s] Varo on track to become the...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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Acting OCC Comptroller Noreika provides further thoughts on SPNB charter proposal

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In remarks last week at Georgetown University’s Institute of International Economic Law’s Fintech Week event, Acting OCC Comptroller Keith Noreika provided the “latest on our thinking regarding a charter for fintech companies...more

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To Charter or Not to Charter: Initial Thoughts on Recent Fintech & Banking Developments

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A topic of increasing interest in recent months and weeks has been whether and if fintech companies would seek to obtain a bank charter of some sort. The recent decisions by Social Finance Inc. (SoFi) and Square, Inc. to...more

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