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The Prepaid Business Adopts a Sanguine Approach As the CFPB’s Big Rule Finally Takes Effect

April 2 2019

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Prepaid issuing

“The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s voluminous prepaid card rule finally took effect with sweeping provisions governing matters ranging from fee disclosures to error-resolution rights to consumers’ access to their accounts. But issuers of prepaid cards and digital wallets have had time to adjust to the CFPB’s rule, which a hostile Congress once tried to quash […]

Regulation

Payday Lenders Mobilize in Support of Rule’s Repeal, Consumer Group Says

May 14 2019

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“Payday lenders have been mobilizing their customers to push the federal government to ease Obama-era regulations of the industry, according to research by a consumer advocacy group that favors the rules. Since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began soliciting public comment on a proposed rule governing small-dollar, high-interest consumer loans, the lenders have organized thousands […]