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When Will The US Open Banking Rule Come Into Force? 

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Your guide to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) imminent proposals for a new regulatory framework governing “Personal Financial Data Rights” The US will propose a new “Open Banking Rule” this year which will set the foundations for an ecosystem with the potential to become the largest in the world.

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Banks Line Up To Challenge CFPB

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Things are getting tougher for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under the new political administration. More banks are now willing to challenge CFPB enforcement actions, said The Wall Street Journal. This already exceeds the total number of challenges the CFPB saw across 2016. The controversial U.S.

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Advice On Financial Data Access

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The nation’s consumer protection agency is seeking input on rule changes to third-party access to individual financial records. Its purpose was to review the agency’s handling of authorized third-party access to consumer’s financial data. Congress created the legislation in 2010 that created the CFPB.

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The CFPB Sets Its Sights On Marketplace Lending

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The CFPB has its eye on the biggest marketplace lenders in the U.S., The new idea being floated involves classifying marketplace lenders, who operate online and also offer smaller loans with set payments, as installment lenders that are under the CFPB’s jurisdiction and regulations.

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An Open Road For Open Banking?

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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said in an interview with PYMNTS that the pandemic has helped shine a spotlight on the infrastructure underpinning the great digital shift toward online and contactless transactions. ” the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said, “To date, U.S. In June, Maha El Dimachki , then-head of Payments for the U.K.

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US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposes new rule to oversee Big Tech digital wallet and payment app providers

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The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing to subject large non-bank companies that offer consumer finance services including digital wallets and payment apps – such as Apple and Google – to the same regulatory scrutiny and oversight as banks, credit unions and other financial institutions.

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FTC Looking For Comments On Customer Privacy, Security Amendments

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“We are proposing to amend our data security rules for financial institutions to better protect consumers and provide more certainty for business[es],” said Andrew Smith, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a press release.

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