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The measure will prevent banks chartered elsewhere from charging interest rates above Colorado's 36% rate cap. If additional states take the same approach, it could hamper the business model for high-cost consumer lenders that partner with banks.

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Earlier this month, the Colorado legislature voted to approve HB23-1229, which would opt the State out of Section 521 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control...

In March, the Colorado legislature proposed HB 23-1229, which would, among other things, opt the state out of Sections 521 to 523 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation...

Colorado Approves HB23-1229 DIDMCA Opt-Out, if enacted could require out of state banks and credit unions to follow CO’s interest rate and fee restrictions on consumer loans to Colorado residents if the loans are deemed to be made in Colorado and not rely on federal interest

Wyoming had sought to intervene in the contentious lawsuit over master account access, citing concerns about its special purpose depository charter. The judge said it had no standing.

In March, the Colorado legislature proposed HB 23-1229, which would, among other things, opt the state out of Sections 521 to 523 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and...

In the 1980s, the financial sector suffered through a period of distress that was focused on the nation's savings and loan industry.

With interest rates yielding between 4 and 5 percent, a mere 7 percent of Americans are getting the prevailing rates. What is worse, only a relative few are taking advantage

"No man of ripe years and of sound mind, acting freely, and with his eyes open, ought to be hindered, with a view to his advantage, from making such bargain, in the way of obtaining...