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May

29
2024
Industry News

CFPB Interpretive Rule Holds That BNPL Lenders Are Credit Card Providers

On May 22, the CFPB announced an interpretive rule confirming that Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) lenders qualify as credit card providers under the Truth in Lending Act, Regulation Z and are required to provide consumers legal protections and rights that apply to credit cards, including the ability to dispute charges, secure refunds for returned products and receive billing statements.

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May

29
2024
Trends

Credit card spending the leading reason why 78% of Americans have debt regret: survey

Roughly 78% said they had a financial regret, with 21% saying they most lamented "charging up too much credit card debt," according to the Debt.com survey. Millennials regret their credit debt the most, and 45% said they feel guilty about "charging too much on their credit cards."

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May

29
2024
Industry News

Texas judge again transfers lawsuit over card late fee rule to Washington, D.C

(Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday scored a jurisdictional victory when a federal judge in Texas transferred to another court in Washington, D.C., an industry-backed lawsuit challenging the agency's rule capping credit card late fees at $8.

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May

29
2024
Industry News

Fifth Circuit relinquishes jurisdiction to Federal District Court Judge Pittman in credit card late fee rule case

On Friday May 24, in response to the CFPB’s motion requesting the Fifth Circuit to accelerate the issuance of its mandate from July 9, 2024 with respect to its earlier dismissal of the plaintiffs’ appeal, the Fifth Circuit ordered that the mandate be issued “forthwith.” This restores full jurisdiction to the Federal District Court (Judge Pittman).

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May

29
2024
Industry News

TEACHERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION RAISES MORE THAN $600,000 FOR CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS®

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., May 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Teachers Federal Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in the United States with $9.8 billion assets and more than 460,000 members, successfully raised more than $600,000 through fundraising efforts and its Second Annual Teachers Federal Credit Union Golf Tournament benefiting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals®.

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