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Chime Financial Fintech Cannot Claim it is a Bank | Troutman Pepper


The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) of California entered a
settlement agreement with Chime Financial, Inc. (Chime), a fintech company that is not licensed to operate as a bank or otherwise exempt from licensure, but works with banking partners to issue consumer banking products. The DFPI found that Chime potentially violated California Financial Code Sections 561 and 563 by (1) using the website “
chimebank.com” and (2) using the words “bank” and “banking” in certain other aspects of its business.
As part of the settlement, Chime will stop using the website “
chimebank.com” in its business unless and until it becomes a licensed bank. Moreover, Chime is required to perform a review of its webpage and advertising to further clarify any references where the term “banking” is used and bolster its description of its role as a “technology, business processor, and marketing service provider to its Bank Partner(s).” It is ....

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