Feb 8, 2024 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
Republican Reps Say FDIC has “Moved Innovation Backwards” Representatives Patrick McHenry, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee; Andy Barr, chairman of the Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee; and French Hill, chairman of the Digital...
Feb 6, 2024 | Financial Literacy, News
Bankrate Report Finds Only 44% of Adults in US Would Pay $1000 Emergency Expense from Savings Bankrate’s annual emergency savings report found that only 44 percent of U.S. adults say they would pay a minimum $1,000 emergency expense from their savings, which is up one...
Jan 31, 2024 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Proposes Rule Limiting Banks’ Ability to Charge NSF Fees on Instantaneously-Declined Transactions The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently proposed a new rule to prevent banks and financial institutions from charging non-sufficient funds (NSF)...
Jan 25, 2024 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Supreme Court Signals It Will Claw Back Federal Agency Power Last week, the Supreme Court signaled that it will likely cut back the regulatory power of federal agencies when several justices indicated during a pair of arguments they were ready to overrule a legal...
Jan 23, 2024 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Proposes Rule to Crack Down on Overdraft Fees Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule to rein in excessive overdraft fees that would close a loophole exempting overdraft lending services from provisions of the Truth in Lending...
Jan 17, 2024 | Congressional Legislation, FinTech, News
House Financial Services Committee Announces Bipartisan AI Working Group Last week, House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C) and Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) announced the formation of the Committee’s bipartisan Working...
Jan 11, 2024 | Financial Literacy, News
33% of Consumers Saw Credit Scores Decline After Unexpected Expense A recent report by PYMNTS Intelligence and Sezzle entitled “Credit Card Use During Economic Turbulence” found that roughly 60 percent of all consumers had an unexpected expense in the last year,...
Jan 9, 2024 | Congressional Legislation, News
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Influential Voice on House Financial Services Committee, Announces Retirement from Congress Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, announced last week that he will retire at the end of the...
Jan 3, 2024 | Financial Literacy, News
Nearly 2/3 of Americans Do Not Expect Personal Financial Situation to Improve in 2024 A new Bankrate survey found that 63 percent of Americans do not expect their personal financial situation to improve in 2024. More than a quarter (26 percent) believe their financial...
Dec 27, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
New Report Finds 19% of Consumers Use BNPL to Bypass Hard Credit Checks “Buy now, pay later” (BNPL) products break down payments into more affordable installments, giving consumers more control over the timing of their expenses. A recent PYMNTS Intelligence report...
