Feb 25, 2022 | FinTech, News
New Mexico Legislature Passes 36% APR Cap Bill Last week, lawmakers in the New Mexico state legislature passed a bill reducing the state’s maximum allowable annual interest rates from 175 percent to 36 percent, ending a years-long debate between the state House and...
Feb 23, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Launches New Way for Public to Directly Submit Rulemaking Petitions Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) launched a new process that will allow the public to submit petitions for rulemaking directly to the agency, with submitted petitions...
Feb 21, 2022 | Financial Literacy, News
Slight Majority of Americans Have More Emergency Savings Than Credit Card Debt A recent Bankrate survey found that just 53 percent of Americans have more emergency savings than credit card debt, a number which is slightly down from 54 percent last year but still a...
Feb 18, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
District Court Upholds OCC’s Valid When Made Rule Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled against a challenge to the OCC’s “valid when made” rule that was brought by California, Illinois, and New York after the rule...
Feb 16, 2022 | Financial Literacy, FinTech, News
Experian Announces Plans to Launch Buy Now Pay Later Bureau Experian recently announced plans to launch ‘The Buy Now Pay Later Bureau,’ a specialty bureau created to promote responsible and inclusive lending, which the company says it hopes will bring more...
Feb 14, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
Gruenberg Becomes Acting FDIC Chairman, Outlines Priorities Earlier this month, Martin Gruenberg, a longtime board member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), became the acting chair of the agency after Jelena McWilliams’ resignation. Upon assuming the...
