CFPB, Federal Agencies, State Agencies, and Attorneys General
On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in Minneapolis, and on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in Sioux Falls, Ballard Spahr will host complimentary card issuer workshops. The workshops are intended to assist companies involved in issuing, marketing, or servicing credit or prepaid cards in meeting their compliance obligations as they face a constantly changing regulatory landscape.
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The CFPB’s final prepaid card rule takes effect on April 1. In this week’s podcast, we look at the top ten issues companies should be considering to confirm compliance and discuss how the CFPB and federal banking regulators are likely to approach compliance using their supervisory and enforcement authorities.
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A bill (AB 1428) has been introduced in the California Assembly that would apply to a “business” that uses prepaid cards to make refunds to customers located in California. The bill would require such a business to allow the customer to choose whether to get the refund by prepaid card, check, or a…
The New Jersey Legislature is considering a law to restrict prepaid-account fees. Assembly Bill 4965 ( the NJ Bill) seeks to impose fee constraints, disclosure mandates, and limits on consumer liability for unauthorized transfers, among other things. While many aspects of the proposed law mirror the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Final Prepaid Rule (the Bureau’s…
The CFPB has issued its long-anticipated final rule for general purpose prepaid accounts. As expected, the new regulations expand the products covered by Regulation E, introduce significant new disclosure requirements, extend consumer liability protections to prepaid accounts and add onerous requirements for accounts with overdraft or credit features. Many industry participants have already expressed disappointment…
The CFPB released a report, “Tools for saving: Using prepaid accounts to set aside funds,” that presents the results of a research project involving a pilot program offering an incentive to prepaid card users to use a savings feature.
In December 2014, as part of its Project Catalyst, the CFPB’s initiative for facilitating…
The CFPB has issued its February 2016 complaint report which highlights complaints about prepaid cards and complaints from consumers in Texas and the Houston metro area. The CFPB began taking complaints about prepaid cards in July 2014.
General findings include the following:
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As part of its Project Catalyst, the CFPB’s initiative for facilitating innovation in consumer-friendly financial products and services, the CFPB has announced a new research pilot using insights from behavioral economics and an American Express trial program to evaluate the effectiveness of certain practices to encourage prepaid card users to develop regular saving behavior. …
Simultaneously with the release of its 870-page prepaid account proposal last week, the CFPB issued a “Study of prepaid account agreements.” On December 12, 2014, from 12 p.m. to
1 p.m. ET, Ballard Spahr attorneys will hold a webinar on the proposal. A link to register is available here.
To conduct the…
On October 30, Barbara Mishkin reported that the CFPB scheduled a field hearing in Wilmington, Delaware on November 13. Barbara speculated at that time that the field hearing would be the occasion for the CFPB to unveil its long-awaited proposed regulation pertaining to prepaid cards. The CFPB has updated its announcement to state that the…
