House Republicans Press Acting Comptroller on Bank-Fintech Partnerships
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...
State AGs Sue to Halt Cancellation of Student Loan Debt
State AGs Sue to Halt Cancellation of Student Loan Debt Last month, Attorneys General in several states filed a complaint against President Biden, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and the U.S. Department of Education seeking to block the implementation of the...
A special conversation with Chairman John R. Shotton (Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma and Chairman, NAFSA, Board of Directors)
A special conversation with Chairman John R. Shotton (Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma and Chairman, NAFSA, Board of Directors) As part of our celebration of the Native American Financial Services Association’s (NAFSA) 10-year anniversary, we will be bringing you a...
Afterpay Expands from Pay-in-4 BNPL Offerings to Interest-Bearing Loans
Afterpay Expands from Pay-in-4 BNPL Offerings to Interest-Bearing Loans Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) company Afterpay recently announced that it is adding a monthly payment option at the point of sale for users to choose to stretch payments for certain items for up to a...
Banks Still Hesitant To Offer Small-Dollar Loans Due to Regulatory Risk
Banks Still Hesitant To Offer Small-Dollar Loans Due to Regulatory Risk While several major retail banks in the United States—including US Bancorp, Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., and four others—are now issuing or have announced plans to issue flat-fee,...
LendingClub CEO: Paycheck-to-Paycheck Living is Akin to the Climate Crisis
LendingClub CEO: Paycheck-to-Paycheck Living is Akin to the Climate Crisis PYMNTS recently partnered with LendingClub to produce the “New Reality Check: the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report,” which tracks how Americans are affording the cost of living. LendingClub CEO...
CFPB to Toughen Caps on Credit Card Late Fees
CFPB to Toughen Caps on Credit Card Late Fees Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra has set a framework for the CFPB to issue a rule next year to determine if credit card late fees are set at reasonable levels, and whether they should...
Report Finds that More Americans Carry Credit Card Debt for Longer Periods of Time
Report Finds that More Americans Carry Credit Card Debt for Longer Periods of Time A recent survey conducted by YouGov for CreditCards.com reports a 10 point rise from last year in the number of people who have been in credit card debt for 12 months or more. According...
