Consumer & Small Business Advocates Oppose OCC’s Plan to Offer Fintech Lending Charters
Innovation Should Not Come at the Expense of Consumer Protection, Evade State Anti-Predatory Lending Laws Today, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced its intention to offer national charters to financial technology firms, which could severely undermine state oversight and state consumer protection laws that protect consumers and small business owners from abusive financial products and practices. The OCC is accepting comments on its framework until January 15, 2017. Before the OCC’s announcement, 49 organizations sent a letter to the Comptroller expressing "strong