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- Maximizing E-SIGN Safely at Your Financial Institution
How to help your financial institution counter the cost of rising postage rates safely. [1/30]
- ABA Warns Against Postal Services Entry into “Nonpostal Activities”
In a letter to the Senate, ABA states that the use of the Postal Service's unique governmental status to enter into direct competition with financial institutions would raise "serious unfair competition concerns." [1/29]
- NADA Issues Fair Lending Guidance for Auto Dealers
National Automobile Dealers Association has issued guidance to help auto dealers deal with CFPB's fair lending bulletin. Guidance recommends that dealers set a standard markup for all buyers, which can only be reduced for specified reasons. [1/29]
- Bankers Group Offers Consumers Tips on Keeping Data Private
ICBA offers tips to consumers on proactive security measures. [1/29]
- Hidden Cost of Excessive Regulation: Driving Consumers to Alternative Financial Services
As legitimate banks and credit unions shoulder more and more regulatory burden, more than 20% of U.S. households are using alternative financial services, such as payday loans. Alternate providers have grown 64% in the last four years. [1/29]
- TSYS Says It Was Shielded from Recent Retailer Data Breaches
Total System Services says it was not involved in any of the recent data breaches at Target and other retailers. [1/29]
- Obama Pushes for Creation of New Retirement Savings Vehicle
In his State of the Union address, Pres. Obama calls for the creation of MyRA, a savings account to be backed by the U.S. government. [1/29]
- House Committee Offers CFPB a Taste of Its Own Medicine
The House Financial Services Committee's website invites comments on how "the CFPB affected you, your business or your customers." [1/28]
- Is Bitcoin Good or Evil?
Economics professor presents why Bitcoin really matters. [1/28]
- Chip and PIN Smartcards Would Not Have Stopped Target’s Breach
Smartcards, with their microchips on their face and the required four-digit PIN code for in-person purchases, may be long overdue in this country, but even they wouldn't have prevents the theft of shoppers' credit card information in the latest breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus. [1/28]
