Oct 17, 2022 | Congressional Legislation, News
House Republicans Press Acting Comptroller on Bank-Fintech Partnerships Last week, House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) led a group of Republicans from the Committee’s Task Force on Financial Technology in a letter to acting...
Oct 14, 2022 | Congressional Legislation, Litigation, News
State AGs Sue to Halt Cancellation of Student Loan Debt Last month, Attorneys General in several states filed a complaint against President Biden, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and the U.S. Department of Education seeking to block the implementation of the...
Oct 13, 2022 | NAFSA News, Tribal Sovereignty
A special conversation with Chairman John R. Shotton (Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma and Chairman, NAFSA, Board of Directors) As part of our celebration of the Native American Financial Services Association’s (NAFSA) 10-year anniversary, we will be bringing you a...
Oct 12, 2022 | FinTech, News
Afterpay Expands from Pay-in-4 BNPL Offerings to Interest-Bearing Loans Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) company Afterpay recently announced that it is adding a monthly payment option at the point of sale for users to choose to stretch payments for certain items for up to a...
Oct 10, 2022 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Banks Still Hesitant To Offer Small-Dollar Loans Due to Regulatory Risk While several major retail banks in the United States—including US Bancorp, Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., and four others—are now issuing or have announced plans to issue flat-fee,...
Oct 7, 2022 | Financial Literacy, News
LendingClub CEO: Paycheck-to-Paycheck Living is Akin to the Climate Crisis PYMNTS recently partnered with LendingClub to produce the “New Reality Check: the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report,” which tracks how Americans are affording the cost of living. LendingClub CEO...
