Aug 10, 2020 | Financial Literacy, News
Experian Introduces Video Streaming Payment History Option to Improve Credit Scores Last month, Experian announced that consumers can add video streaming payment history to their credit reports through Experian Boost, Experian’s consumer credit product that launched...
Aug 7, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Indian Affairs Committee Advances 11 Bills Last week, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs passed eleven bills at its business meeting. Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Chairman of the Committee, made remarks after the meeting, praising the committee for its...
Aug 5, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
Kraninger Appears Before House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committees Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger appeared before both chambers of Congress last week in a pair of hearings on the CFPB’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress....
Aug 3, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Passes Bill to Prevent Garnishment of Relief Payments by Private Debt Collectors Recently, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill to protect recovery payments supplied by the CARES Act from being garnished by private debt collectors. The bill was introduced...
Jul 31, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, Federal Regulation, News
Biden Proposes Public Credit Reporting Agency in Policy Plan In a recent plan outlining the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s housing policies, Joe Biden has proposed creating a public credit reporting agency within the Consumer Financial Protection...
Jul 27, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
Dodd-Frank Act Turns Ten Last week, on the 10th anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act being signed into law, its major supporters praised its survival despite years of opposition. The legislation’s authors, former Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and former Representative...
Jul 24, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
OCC Issues Proposed True Lender Rule On Monday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed a new rule that would clarify when banks are the “true lenders” of loans when involved with third parties. In so doing, the rule would resolve key...
Jul 22, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Banks Urged to Make Small Dollar Loans, but Remain Reluctant In recent years, regulatory agencies under the Trump Administration have pressed credit unions and banks to offer more credit options for consumers, including small dollar loans. However, banks have remained...
Jul 20, 2020 | Federal Regulation, Financial Literacy, News
CFPB Releases Results of Making Ends Meet Survey Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the first results from its Making Ends Meet survey, which is part of the CFPB’s mission to study the competitive marketplace, credit access, and...
