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Voice Sizzles, Equifax Fizzles And Social Security Numbers Get Ready For A Curtain Call
Voice Sizzles, Equifax Fizzles And Social Security Numbers Get Ready For A Curtain Call
October 06, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle  Cyberattack insurance: The more headlines gather on data breaches, new (Equifax) and old (Yahoo), and the bad news keeps getting worse (both attacks have...

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CFPB Has Spoken: Payday Lending Regs Drop
CFPB Has Spoken: Payday Lending Regs Drop
October 06, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

“The clamp down.” “The crackdown.” “The crushing blow.” Headline writers found no shortage of dramatic ways to characterize the final version of the CFPB’s short-term lending...

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OCC Surprise-Revises Its Small-Dollar Lending Guidance For Banks
OCC Surprise-Revises Its Small-Dollar Lending Guidance For Banks
October 06, 2017  |  Regulation

While the CFPB’s new payday loan rule turned a lot of heads yesterday, it was by and large an expected piece of regulation. Much less...

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CFPB Has Spoken: Payday Lending Regs Drop
CFPB Has Spoken: Payday Lending Regs Drop
October 06, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

“The clamp down.” “The crackdown.” “The crushing blow.” Headline writers found no shortage of dramatic ways to characterize the final version of the CFPB’s short-term lending...

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The CFPB Needs To Improve Its Cybersecurity, According To An Internal Investigation
The CFPB Needs To Improve Its Cybersecurity, According To An Internal Investigation
October 05, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

According to a report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s internal inspector, the CFPB must do more to strengthen its protections against hacking. The CFPB —...

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Payday Lending Viewed From Inside A NY Courtroom
Payday Lending Viewed From Inside A NY Courtroom
October 04, 2017  |  Legal

The payday lending and debt collection industry is controversial, to say the least, and it is getting a day in court. As The Wall Street...

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Fizzle Of The Week: Puerto Rico’s Cash Crisis
Fizzle Of The Week: Puerto Rico’s Cash Crisis
September 30, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle Toys R Us: Might the beleaguered retailer, which recently filed for bankruptcy, have a lifeline that is enough to keep kids smiling with Mario...

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Bankers To CFPB: Help Us Help Families In Need
Bankers To CFPB: Help Us Help Families In Need
September 28, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

By now, the sobering statistics are familiar: Nearly half of American adults say they could not cover an unexpected expense of $400, according to the...

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CFPB Moves In — Literally — With Credit Reporting Agencies
CFPB Moves In — Literally — With Credit Reporting Agencies
September 28, 2017  |  CFPB

Hearing the news “the CFPB is coming” as a credit agency or financial services professional is something akin to hearing the news “winter is coming”...

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