← Previous Article Next Article → Stress caused by money problems has been shown to stifle work productivity in employees, with one recent study finding money woes can create decreases in work productivity equal to almost 15 missed days per year. As more and...
← Previous Article Next Article → Interim Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Mick Mulvaney stopped at the National Association of Attorneys General meeting this week to speak with top state litigators about future priorities and policy...
← Previous Article Next Article → A recent report by WebRecon analyzed January 2018 complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Better Business Bureau (BBB). January saw nearly 5,000 consumer complaints to the CFPB, an increase of...
← Previous Article Next Article → The Third Circuit this week affirmed a district court ruling that found an arbitration clause in a loan agreement for Western Sky/CashCall was unenforceable, due to the fact the clause disavowed federal and state law in...
← Previous Article Next Article → The U.S. Department of Justice this week filed its opposition brief to an appeal made by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Deputy Director Leandra English in her bid to unseat Mick Mulvaney as interim director of...
← Previous Article Next Article → Earlier this month, Pew Charitable Trusts, an organization founded on religious conviction and oil profits, published a report advocating for an increased presence from banks and credit unions in alternative financial...
← Previous Article Next Article → After a lawsuit initiated by 30 state attorneys general a few years ago, the three major credit bureaus, TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax, instituted the National Consumer Assistance Plan (NCAP) to address inaccuracies in...
← Previous Article Next Article → A group of Democratic senators and representatives, lead by Senator Jeff Merkley introduced a bill on February 13th called the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act of 2018 that would require small dollar...
← Previous Article Next Article → The House this week passed the Protecting Consumers’ Access to Credit Act of 2017 in the hopes of overturning a court decision in the Second Circuit that previously refused to extend the National Bank Act’s rate exporting...
← Previous Article Next Article → A coalition of prosecutors and federal bank regulators issued a fine of $613 million to U.S. Bank late last week in connection with violations of the Bank Secrecy Act. The bank got in hot water with regulators in part for a...
