By Adrianne Appel2024-10-23T15:45:00
Banks, credit card companies and other financial mainstays will be required to comply with new data privacy and retail account portability regulations under a sweeping rule issued Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
The Personal Financial Data Rights rule is designed to modernize the U.S. consumer financial system and increase competition, by expanding banking and payment options for the public while adding better data privacy protections, the CFPB said.
In short, the new rule, on the drawing board since 2010 and the aftermath of the financial crisis, will bring U.S. banking and financial services and protections in line with those already required in other nations.
2024-11-04T20:09:00Z By Adrianne Appel
VyStar credit union has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine and make restitution to customers harmed by its alleged lack of due diligence when it launched a new banking platform, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.
2024-10-25T13:55:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Businesses need to follow the consumer protection rules of the Fair Credit Reporting Act when engaging in employee surveillance, which includes background reports about employees produced by third parties using artificial intelligence, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in new guidance.
2024-09-13T13:09:00Z By Adrianne Appel
TD Bank has been ordered to pay $27.7 million and implement compliance measures, for providing inaccurate, negative credit information to credit agencies about tens of thousands of its customers and taking too long to fix the errors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.
2025-08-01T22:31:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking its pro-crypto messaging on the road, planning a series of events for its Crypto Task Force that will be held across the U.S. starting on Aug. 4.
2025-08-01T20:07:00Z By Aly McDevitt
The DOJ is warning that simply scrubbing DEI-related words from policy documents or training materials—and replacing them with thinly veiled proxies—will not protect federally funded organizations from legal scrutiny.
2025-07-31T20:37:00Z By Neil Hodge
When growth slows, governments often cut rules to attract investment, as the U.K. has in its financial services sector, which contributes 8.8% of GDP, but easing the “compliance burden” raises concerns about oversight, governance, and prioritizing profits over safety.
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