The genesis of the podcast show we are releasing today was an article written by Nick Bourke titled “America Can Fix Its Scam Problem. But We Keep Gifting Billions to Transnational Criminals Because It Feels Too Hard“ published on April 12, 2025 in Open Banker. We learned from that article about the great work being done by Aspen Institute’s National Task Force on Fraud and Scam Prevention.… Continue Reading
An important educational blog from the CFPB
By Alan S. Kaplinsky on
Posted in CFPB General, Regulatory and Enforcement
While our blog tends to focus primarily on regulatory, supervisory and enforcement developments at the CFPB, the CFPB also performs an important function in educating consumers about scams.
I frequently receive voicemail messages at home from people who are tell me that they are calling on behalf of the IRS to warn me that I will be arrested because of problems with my tax returns unless I promptly call a telephone number that they provide. … Continue Reading