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OCC Puts Small-Dollar Loans Back In The Spotlight

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a new guidance encouraging banks to offer responsible short-term, small-dollar loans to their customers. In 2013, the OCC had discouraged short-term lending by banks with limitations on what could be offered to customers depending on their credit.

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Why The Final Payday Lending Rules Are Far From The Last Word

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There’s the OCC for national banks; for small state there is the FDIC; medium banks have the Fed and there is NCUA for credit unions. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has offered some preliminary guidance to roll back more restrictive rules from 2013 but has only hinted that it might offer more specific rules in the future.