CFPB, Federal Agencies, State Agencies, and Attorneys General
I am pleased to announce that Judy Mok, an attorney with extensive experience negotiating complex payments transactions for some of the world’s largest retailers and financial institutions, has joined Ballard Spahr as Of Counsel in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group. She will be based in the firm’s New York office.
Judy has a wealth…
Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve invited comment on actions it can take “to promote ubiquitous, safe, and efficient faster payments in the United States by facilitating real-time interbank settlement of faster payments.” Comments are due by December 14, 2018.
More specifically, the Fed is seeking comment on two potential actions. One action is the…
I am pleased to announce that Chris Ford, an attorney who has led some of the country’s largest and most innovative Fintech and payment systems transactions, has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Chris advises clients on large-scale…
Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve issued a paper entitled “Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System: Federal Reserve Next Steps in the Payments Improvement Journey”. The paper is intended to provide payment industry stakeholders an update on the Fed’s efforts in the last couple years to help improve the speed, safety and efficiency of…
A meeting of the CFPB’s Credit Union Advisory Council has been scheduled for October 8, 2015 at the CFPB’s offices in Washington, DC. The agenda indicates that the “Council will discuss consumer challenges in payments.”
On July 9 of this year, the CFPB released, and we blogged about, nine “Consumer Protection Principles” that are intended…
The CFPB has announced that a meeting of its Community Bank Advisory Council is scheduled for September 30, 2015 in Washington, D.C. Director Cordray will be in attendance and there will be a discussion of consumer challenges in payments.
In July 2015, the CFPB released a list of nine “Consumer Protection Principles” that…
