Legal & Regulation

Legal & Regulation
JPMorgan Settles Class Action Lawsuit With Ex-Cons Over Excessive Fees
August 03, 2016

Winning the hearts and minds of newly released inmates from federal prison may have been the goal of JPMorgan Chase when it inked a deal to provide them with debit cards, but that strategy seems to be imploding with the financial giant having to fork...

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CFPB: Spanish-Speaking Immigrants 5x Less Likely To Use Banks, Credit Unions
August 02, 2016

Financial services can be confusing but for non-English speaking ones living in the U.S., which at last count is more than 41 million, accessing financial services and products can be a huge problem. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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China Issues First Guidelines For Ridesharing Industry
July 29, 2016

Ridesharing services, like Uber, aren’t only the domain of the U.S. and Europe. They are now making their way to China in a more official and supportive manner. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Man Charged With Making Fake Benjamins Faces Judgment In NY
July 28, 2016

A 42-year-old man charged with running a high-end counterfeit money scheme was hauled into a New York courtroom on Wednesday (July 27) after being extradited from Malaysia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Credit Card Companies Still Confusing Customers, CFPB Contends
July 28, 2016

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was established in July 2011 on the heels of the financial crisis, has long tried to get credit card companies to disclose more about the rates and fees they charge, and it turns out it isn’t doing such a...

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Clearing Up The Case For ISO 20022
July 28, 2016

Depending on who you are and where you are in the world, the ISO 20022 framework can mean a lot of different things. Though the standard is nothing new, it’s continued to fuel ongoing confusion about what its true purpose is. Jan Estep, President and...

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Why Consumers Love The CFPB Complaint Database (And Why FIs And Lawmakers Don’t)
July 26, 2016

As is often the case with things associated with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the database it uses to log consumer complaints is an oddly controversial and touchy topic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Is The Second Circuit’s Interchange Case Back To Square One?
July 26, 2016

When I read the announcement that the Second Circuit had reversed the decision approving settlement of the long-running class action challenging interchange, the short prelude to John Lennon’s “(Just Like) Starting Over” played in my head. That song, if you don’t know it, opens with...

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Has Dodd-Frank Helped Or Hurt The Economy?
July 25, 2016

Arguing about politics is an invitation to get drawn into an exchange of polemics, but economic analysis requires a more definite set of evaluations. That’s what makes financial regulation such a sticky subject on Capitol Hill. No matter the political persuasions, there seem to be statistics...