Legal & Regulation

Legal & Regulation
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear ATM Fee Antitrust Lawsuit
June 29, 2016

On Tuesday (June 28) the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear appeals by Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and several U.S. banks seeking to throw out lawsuits claiming they conspired to inflate the prices of ATM access fees in violation of antitrust law. Get the Full...

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Supremes To Hear Predatory Lending Cases
June 29, 2016

The Supreme Court has agreed to make a decision on whether the city of Miami can pursue its Fair Housing Act claims against several big banks of predatory mortgage loans. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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The Coming Layoff Wave
June 24, 2016

When the Obama administration passed updated overtime regulations, labor activists and not a small number of economists praised the rules as a blow struck solidly in favor of the working middle class. However, the National Retail Federation is now taking up the opposite perspective —...

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FAA Grounds eCommerce Drones
June 23, 2016

Consumer-facing drones definitely had their moment in 2015 with a crush of them appearing in the sky flowing by hobbyists’ hands. However, commercial operators have largely been stymied by the lack of regulations governing who can and can’t fly – and what they can and...

Fed Regulators Eye SMB Lending
June 23, 2016

The online lending landscape may get rockier as federal regulators are eyeing whether to bolster their oversight on loans extended to small businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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NY Regulator Uncovers Banks’ ‘Serious Compliance Failures’
June 23, 2016

A number of financial institutions that, in the past, had settled misconduct charges levied by the New York State financial regulator have now gone off the wagon, so to speak, and have been identified as having committed “serious compliance failures,” that agency has determined. Get...

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RegTech: The Innovation Enabler
June 23, 2016

FinTech companies face a lot of barriers when entering the market, but one of the biggest comes in the form of regulation. But what if there was another (but still compliant) way? Jon Jones, President of Trulioo, joined Karen Webster, to discuss how “RegTech” is...

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CFPB Cracks Down On Mortgage Servicers’ Bad Tech
June 23, 2016

The CFPB has taken steps to crack down on mortgage servicers that aren’t keeping their technology up to date and, as a result, may be harming consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Ticketmaster Offers (Court-Ordered) Comped Shows
June 22, 2016

Countless concertgoers and theater attendees have been all set to pull the trigger on a Ticketmaster purchase when exorbitant processing and service fees made them think twice. For all that went ahead with those purchases from 1999 to 2013, Ticketmaster is finally paying back out...