Aug 25, 2017 | News
States license more than 1,100 occupations in America, including professions as diverse as boxing in Nevada, hearing aid sales in Michigan, and talent agents in Connecticut. For small dollar lending, some states, like Washington, require a consumer loan license to...
Aug 24, 2017 | News
On August 24th the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published its semiannual regulatory agenda. The agenda covers a period from May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018. The purpose of the agenda is to provide notification to the public of the various regulatory...
Aug 24, 2017 | News
Sarcinella, who was most recently at Department of Defense, is NAFSA’s new COO and General Counsel WASHINGTON, DC – Joe Sarcinella has joined the Native American Financial Services Association (NAFSA) as its Chief Operations Officer and General Counsel. Mr. Sarcinella...
Aug 23, 2017 | News
In a letter this week to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the American Bankers Association (ABA) criticized the consumer agency for relying on outdated and insufficient data in formulating the CFPB’s new overdraft disclosure forms. The ABA wrote, “the...
Aug 22, 2017 | News
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) acting director, Keith Norieka, informed House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R- TX) on August 18th that the OCC was never involved in Operation Chokepoint (OCP), a federal policy that... 
