May 26, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
Sens. Scott, Manchin Reintroduce Credit Access and Inclusion Act Last week, U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) reintroduced the Credit Access and Inclusion Act. The...
May 24, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
US Credit Card Debt Declined at Slower Pace than Usual in Q1 2023 Recent data released by TransUnion shows that U.S. credit card debt declined at a slower pace than it usually does during the first quarter of each year. Since 2013, the average drop in credit card...
May 22, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
Report Finds Majority of U.S. Adults Say Money Has A Negative Impact on their Mental Health A Bankrate report released earlier this month found that money has a negative impact on the mental health of 52 percent of U.S. adults, up from 42 percent in 2022. This group...
May 19, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, Litigation, News
144 Current and Former Members File Amicus Brief Supporting CFPB in SCOTUS Case Earlier this month, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chairman of the Senate...
May 17, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
NY AG James Releases Draft Legislation to Regulate Crypto New York Attorney General Letitia James, recently proposed a state law entitled The Crypto Regulation, Protection, Transparency, and Oversight (CRPTO) Act, which would require independent audits of crypto...
May 15, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Banking Committee Holds Cannabis Banking Hearing Last week, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing entitled “Examining Cannabis Banking Challenges of Small Businesses and Workers” to discuss cannabis banking issues, as well as bipartisan legislation aimed...
May 12, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
More than Half of Americans Could Not Cover a Surprise $400 Expense, New Survey Finds A recent poll conducted by Morning Consult for Bloomberg News found that most Americans would not be able to cover a surprise $400 expense without going into debt. Roughly one-third...
May 10, 2023 | News, Tribal Sovereignty
Catawba Indian Nation Passes Banking Code to Attract Banks and Fintechs Last month, the Catawba Indian Nation in South Carolina passed a banking code to attract both traditional and new financial activity to its reservation. It is headed by the Catawba Digital...
May 8, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
Almost 3/4 of Millennials Living Paycheck to Paycheck, Report Finds A new PYMNTS report in collaboration with LendingClub found that 73.2 percent of millennials, nearly three quarters, are living paycheck to paycheck, which is a significantly higher share than other...
May 5, 2023 | Banks & Credit Unions, Federal Regulation, News
FDIC and OCC Take Aim at Certain Overdraft Practices Last month, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) warned financial institutions about overdraft practices that they consider unfair or deceptive, saying...
