Nov 26, 2019 | FinTech, News
A few months ago, Apple made big waves in the financial services sector when it launched Apple Card, a product it bills as “A new kind of credit card. Created by Apple, not a bank.” Facebook, too, has looked to get into finance with the launch of Libra, a digital...
Nov 25, 2019 | Congressional Legislation, News
Last week, in a hearing convened by the House Financial Services Committee’s Task Force on Financial Technology, members of the committee discussed the increased use of big data—the immense amount of consumer information collected by institutions and businesses—in the...
Nov 22, 2019 | Banks & Credit Unions, Financial Literacy, News
Despite a strong, growing economy, the second annual U.S. Financial Health Pulse Trends report, issued by the Financial Health Network, revealed that the majority of Americans—roughly seven in ten adults—do not claim to be financially healthy. The report covers four...
Nov 21, 2019 | Congressional Legislation, News
Last week, the House Financial Services Committee passed eight bills out of the full committee, six of which related to debt collectors while the other two concerned small business loans and veterans housing. According to a press release issued by Committee Chairwoman...
Nov 20, 2019 | News, Tribal Sovereignty
Earlier this month, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), who serves as Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, pushed officials from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to explain its failure to engage in consultation with Tribes when determining how the BIA’s...
