Sep 23, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, Congressional Legislation, News
Senators Gillibrand and Sanders Reintroduce Postal Banking Act Last week, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) hosted a Facebook Live conversation where the two legislators announced their reintroduction of the Postal Banking Act,...
Sep 21, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, FinTech, News
Survey Finds Most Americans Say They Can Now Manage Finances Without Physical Bank Branch A recent survey commissioned by Plaid found that, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most Americans have smoothly transitioned to digital banking and are increasingly turning...
Sep 18, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
CFTC Report Warns Climate Change Poses Risk to Financial System A recent report from a task force for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) warned that climate change could seriously affect the U.S. financial system and urged regulators to move decisively...
Sep 16, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Declines in Credit Unions’ Credit Card Debt Mirror Broader Trend According to a new report from WalletHub, Americans have paid down more than $118 billion of credit card debt in 2020, eliminating all of the sector’s 2019 gains. Total credit card debt fell 7.6 percent...
Sep 14, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
California Legislature Passes Bills Requiring Debt Collectors to Obtain Licenses The California legislature has now passed a third piece of legislation related to the consumer financial services industry, SB 908, which establishes new licensure requirements for debt...
