Payments Compliance

Dodd-Frank Act on the Block: House Financial Services Committee Proposes Changes

Topics: Payments Compliance

When the Obama government ascertained the complex causes that led to the “Great Recession” of 2007-2009, it enacted into law rules that would prevent the excessive risk-taking that created that…

Read More > August 9, 2016

CFPB Announces Changes to Senior Leadership Team

Topics: Payments Compliance

Recently, the CFPB announced three modifications to their senior leadership team. “These leaders have played important roles in fulfilling the CFPB’s mission to protect consumers,” said Richard Cordray, Director of…

Read More > August 4, 2016

CFPB Proposes Data Privacy Notification Rules

Topics: Payments Compliance

In 1999, Congress passed the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA) to reform the country’s financial services industry, due to its growing use of digital technology and the consequent threat to consumer…

Read More > August 2, 2016

Proposed Payday Loan Rules Will Protect Vulnerable Consumers

Topics: Payments Compliance

The Internet-facilitated practice of extracting high profits from vulnerable consumers with virtually no oversight is the primary reason why the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed setting rules around…

Read More > July 19, 2016