CFPB publishes new report highlighting risks related to financial transactions in video games
Americans spent nearly $57bn on gaming hardware, software, and in-game transactions in 2023.
Americans spent nearly $57bn on gaming hardware, software, and in-game transactions in 2023.
The new limit is poised to save US consumers more than $14 billion a year.
NSF fees on debit card and ATM transactions will be “unlawful” under the proposed rule.
Enova says it has reached an agreement with the CFPB, with the majority of items being self-reported by the firm.
The proposals will target 17 companies who control 88% of the market share.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also fines bank $3.5 million.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to remove red tape.
For US auto-loan administration and mortgage practices.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau vows to operate “more efficiently, effectively and transparently”.
After five years and more than a million comments on its proposed rulemaking, the CFPB has finalised its payday lending rules with the ability-to-repay test intact for many loan types.
In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the CFPB proposed pushing back the effective date of the final prepaid accounts rule to April 1, 2018. The six-month delay provides industry participants more time to handle the difficulties of complying with certain provisions of the rule and for the CFPB to assess whether any additional adjustments to the rule are appropriate. Comments are due by April 5, 2017.
US payments start-up Dwolla has been fined $100,000 by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for its data security. Data security issues included: “Use appropriate measures to identify reasonably foreseeable security risks; ensure that employees who have access to or handle consumer information received adequate training and guidance about security risks; use encryption technologies to […]