Chime to stop calling itself a ‘bank’ to settle legal action
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US-based neobank Chime will no longer refer to itself as a bank after it agreed to a
settlement with the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. The regulator took action against the US neobank in 2020 because it doesn’t have a state banking license. The settlement calls for Chime to add clarifications about its operations to its website and advertising by May 15. Moving forward, Chime will state that it is a fintech and that it partners with outside banks to provide its offerings.
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