In October 2023, the Federal Reserve Board issued a proposal to lower the maximum interchange fee that a large debit card issuer can receive for a debit card transaction. The due date for comments on this proposal, originally February 12, 2024, has been extended to May 12, 2024. The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) recently commissioned research on debit card interchange fee limits and the potential implications if the proposal to reduce debit interchange caps is finalized.… Continue Reading

On September 18, 2023, the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency jointly published and sought comments on a proposal to implement new, standardized capital requirements that would, among other things, increase capital requirements for banks with $100 billion or more in total assets.… Continue Reading

The CFPB’s white paper on payday and deposit advance loans received well-deserved criticism in a letter to Director Cordray from the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA), a national trade organization for payday lenders.  

The CFSA’s letter characterizes the paper’s data as “demonstrably incomplete and misleading” and indicates that the paper’s “tone, conclusions, and specific language [seem] aligned with the type of rhetoric that more often comes from advocacy groups that are not always driven by facts, but rather are driven by agendas and unsupported, anecdotal information.” … Continue Reading