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Reg E in Focus: CFPB Enforcement and Compliance Tips

Innovative Payments Association

Regulation E, also known as the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, is a federal regulation that governs electronic transfers of funds, such as ATM transactions, debit card transactions, and direct deposits. In some cases, companies have been ordered to pay restitution to affected consumers and civil penalties to the CFPB.

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Debt Collections on Tenterhooks with Six and Sevens following CFPB’s Reg F

FICO

Debt Collections on Tenterhooks with Six and Sevens following CFPB’s Reg F. Reg F isn't a hurdle to adjust to and live with. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the final rules interpreting the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) on July 30, which went into effect on November 30, 2021.

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CUs, Bank Trade Groups Clash Over CFPB Regs

PYMNTS

Credit union (CU) and bank trade groups are locked in another battle, this time arguing about oversight by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The credit union industry is not small, special or immune to the consumer risks [that the CFPB] is charged by Congress to address,” the bank trades wrote, according to American Banker.

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 FinTech Reg Sandbox Takes Shape Via CFPB

PYMNTS

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said this past week that it is linking up with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, eyeing a regulatory sandbox for FinTech firms. The sandbox is getting a bit bigger — the regulatory kind, that is. As noted at the time, the U.S. in sandbox development.

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Understanding Overdraft Programs (Part 1)

FICO

In the United States, a customer must opt-in to this service for debit and ATM card transactions (required by the 2010 update to Regulation E) and a flat fee is applied per the terms and conditions of the program offered by the bank. New leadership at the CFPB has indicated that OD is on the agenda for a possible rulemaking.

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PYMNTS Celebrates Festivus

PYMNTS

To: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). When the CFPB drafted new regulations for the payday lending industry earlier this year, they likely could have expected that someone would be airing grievances in their general direction. That is more or less par for the course for the CFPB.

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New Prepaid Card Rules Survived The CRA (Payday Lending Regs Might Not)

PYMNTS

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rulemaking authority survived its first big challenge from the now Republican-dominated houses of Congress when an effort to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal new rules for the prepaid card industry passed by the consumer watchdog in the waning days of the Obama administration.

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