Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The CFPB is permanently banning BloomTech from consumer lending activities and its CEO, Austen Allred, from student lending for a period of 10 years.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fines BloomTech for false claims

In a shot across the bow to the buy now, pay later (BNPL) industry, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued a report suggesting that companies like Klarna…

CFPB signals that regulation is coming for BNPL

Today’s weather may be harsh, but the next phase of cyrpto is coming. Those who can inspire regulatory confidence will be better positioned to be on its leading edge.

Want to survive the crypto winter? Start by inspiring regulatory confidence

Payment fraud is going mainstream, and anyone with an internet connection can join in.

Fraud as a service: Scammers are using encrypted messaging to undercut BNPL revenue

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How the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to shake up BNPL in 2022

BNPL services offer customers accessibility and flexibility for payments, but unregulated services mean people can unintentionally put their financial health at risk.

How the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to shake up BNPL in 2022

When the consumer opens an account and hits savings milestones for products they want to buy from their favorite brands, they can receive cash contributions from the brands.

Tiger Global backs Accrue Savings’ ‘save now, pay later’ approach to consumer purchases

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is an old form of payment that is new again in a big way. And that could mean trouble for BNPL fintechs that are just…

Balancing risk: Modern architecture’s role in the BNPL playbook

RSA Security has spun out its fraud and risk intelligence business into a standalone company called Outseer that will double down on payment security tools amid an “unprecedented” rise in…

RSA spins off fraud and risk intelligence unit as Outseer

The Biden administration must clarify current laws pertaining to AI and machine learning models �� how we will evaluate use by private actors and how we will govern AI usage…

To ensure inclusivity, the Biden administration must double down on AI development initiatives

Consumer fintech adoption in the U.S. lags well behind much of Europe, where forward-thinking regulation has sparked an outpouring of innovation in digital banking services and infrastructure.

US regulators need to catch up with Europe on fintech innovation 

In a move to correct the imbalance of power between technologically sophisticated corporations and the lawmakers who regulate them, presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing that Congress reinstate the…

To curb lobbying power, Elizabeth Warren wants to reinstate the Office of Technology Assessment

Can subscriptions and everyday payments be used to help build or rebuild a credit score? The Los Angeles-based Grow Credit thinks so. The service, which launched earlier this month, is…

Using Spotify and Netflix payments to build your credit score? Grow Credit has a service for that.

There’s another battle brewing in Washington, though it may not matter all that much to the many venture-backed online lending companies that sprang into existence in the wake of post-crisis…

Online lenders pull out the popcorn, as the Trump administration fights to control the CFPB

An obscure request for comments on regulatory standards, released by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) last March, has since evolved into a complex turf war between…

An obscure regulatory debate has put the entire U.S. fintech community on edge

Online payment processing startup Dwolla has been hit with a $100,000 penalty by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB, a government agency, said in a consent order that…

Dwolla fined $100,000 for misrepresenting its data-security practices