Sep 26, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Launches Rulemaking to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), announced a new rulemaking process to remove medical debts from Americans’ credit reports. The Bureau says that the proposals under...
Sep 21, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Banking Committee Schedules Vote on SAFE Banking Act On September 27, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is set to hold a vote on the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would make it easier for financial institutions...
Sep 19, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
Sen. Josh Hawley Proposes Legislation to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 18% Last week, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation that would cap the maximum interest rate credit cards could charge annually at 18 percent. By comparison, the average credit...
Sep 11, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
Senate Confirms Biden’s Fed Nominees Last week, the Senate confirmed three of President Biden’s Federal Reserve nominees: Philip Jefferson to serve as the Fed’s vice chair, Adriana Kugler to serve on the Fed’s Board of Governors, and the renomination of Lisa Cook to...
Sep 8, 2023 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Pressure Building in Consumer Loans, According to Latest Fed Data Recent data from the Federal Reserve found heightened pressure in consumer lending, as household debt reached $17 trillion and credit card debt was estimated to surpass the $1 trillion milestone....
Sep 5, 2023 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
ATM Fees Hit Record High as Overdraft and NSF Fees Drop Bankrate’s annual Checking Account and ATM Fee Study found that the average combined ATM fee for out-of-network withdrawals was $4.73, which surpassed the previous average high of $4.72 in 2019. Alternatively,...
Aug 29, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
High-Income Urban Consumers 25% More Likely than Suburban Ones to Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck A recent study by PYMNTS and LendingClub entitled “New Reality Check: The Regional Divide Edition” found that city dwellers are feeling the financial pressure of increased...
Aug 23, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Announces Rule to Limit Types of Consumer Data that Can be Sold by Data Brokers Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra said last week at a White House roundtable that the agency plans to propose a rule under the Fair Credit Reporting...
Aug 17, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
Federal Reserve Launches New Supervisory Program to Oversee Crypto and Nonbank Partnerships Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve announced the launch of a new supervisory program for the banks it supervises to oversee activities surrounding cryptocurrency,...
Aug 14, 2023 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
U.S. Banks Report Nearly $19 Billion in Loan Losses During Q2 Earlier this month, U.S. banks reported $18.9 billion in loan losses during the second quarter of 2023, according to a report from the Financial Times (FT). That figure is the highest loan-loss rate seen in...
