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...
Feb 11, 2022 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
More Americans Than Ever Hold Credit Cards at the End of 2021 TransUnion’s recent Q4 2021 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) report found that a record 196 million Americans held credit cards at the end of 2021, with a growing number of cards being...
Feb 9, 2022 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Banks Closed Nearly 3,000 Branches in 2021, Jumping 38% from 2020 The trend of banks closing branches at a rapid pace continued last year with a recent S&P Global Market Intelligence report finding that banks across the U.S. closed 2,927 branches in 2021, up 38...
Feb 7, 2022 | Financial Literacy, News
Experian Launches Program to Help “Credit Invisibles” Begin Building Credit Last month, Experian launched Experian Go, a free program to help “credit invisibles”—or consumers with no credit history—start to build credit profiles. Nearly 50 million consumers have a...
Feb 4, 2022 | Financial Literacy, News
Only 44 % Of Americans Could Cover Unplanned $1,000 Expense From Savings, Survey Finds A recent Bankrate survey found that just 44 percent of Americans could cover an unexpected $1,000 expense from savings, like a car repair or emergency room bill. This is the highest...
Feb 2, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Scrutinizing Credit Card Industry Interest and Fees The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) last month took aim at credit card issuers and announced that it was looking at whether credit card companies are participating in unfair or anti-competitive...
Jan 31, 2022 | Banks & Credit Unions, Financial Literacy, News
18% of Consumers Reported Overdrafting Account in December, Rising from 14% in August Recent polling data from Morning Consult found that nearly one in five consumers with a credit union or bank account—18 percent—reported overdrafting the account in December, up from...
Jan 28, 2022 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Wells Fargo, Small Banks Launch Short-Term Loan Products Wells Fargo recently announced plans to offer a short-term credit product that it expects to be in the marketplace by the end of this year. The loans will provide amounts up to $500 at a flat rate that has not...
