Oct 26, 2022 | Financial Literacy
Important things to know about Prepaid Cards Many purchases, not just those made online, will require a credit or debit card. Unfortunately, not everyone has one, making prepaid cards a convenient possible alternative. Using the free *Native American Financial...
Oct 24, 2022 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
JPMorgan and Citigroup Say Strict Capital Requirements May Limit Lending Abilities Some of the biggest U.S. banks recently said that higher capital requirements that were bolstered after the 2008 financial crisis could hurt their lending abilities and amplify a...
Oct 21, 2022 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds CFPB Funding Mechanism is Unconstitutional On Wednesday night, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited ruling which found that the independent funding mechanism Congress established to insulate the Bureau from...
Oct 19, 2022 | FinTech, News
BNPL Remains Absent from Most Consumers’ Credit Scores Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion have recently begun allowing buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders to report their short-term payment plans for consumers’ credit scores, but many of the largest BNPL companies...
Oct 19, 2022 | Financial Literacy
Important things to know about Mobile and Online Banking Nearly everything can be done online these days, and financial services transactions are certainly not an outlier. People are increasingly using their computer or mobile device to bank, pay bills, shop, etc. ...
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...
