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March

26
2024
Trends

Credit Card Delinquencies Slip as Charge-Offs Keep Rising

Credit card delinquencies fell slightly last month while net charge-offs continued with their upward trajectory. That’s according to a report Monday (March 25) by Seeking Alpha, citing data from eight lenders. It showed that the average delinquency rate of 3.20% rose from 3.24% in January and 2.59% in February of last year.

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March

26
2024
Industry News

New Utah law protects consumers from artificial intelligence fraud

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox recently signed Senate Bill 149 (Artificial Intelligence Amendments) into law, in a move aimed at protecting consumers from potential scams or deceit by artificial intelligence systems.

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March

26
2024
Trends

No FEAR Act Annual Report for fiscal year 2023

The CFPB presents its Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act) Annual Report of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. This report summarizes the CFPB’s EEO complaint activity, the most significant accomplishments in our EEO program, our strong commitment to abide by civil rights and whistleblower protection laws and merit systems principles, and to promote accountability.

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March

26
2024
Industry News

CFPB Joins Federal and State Agencies in Coordinated Statements on Tech & Enforcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, federal and state agencies, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), released agency-specific action statements on tech capacity. These statements reflect concrete actions to increase tech capacity, including actively hiring technologists – which will help enforce the laws on the book and design remedies that work for consumers, workers, small businesses, and others in the digital era.

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March

26
2024
Industry News

Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra and Chief Technologist Erie Meyer on Enhancing Agency Capabilities to Address Transformative Technologies

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is charged with ensuring that consumer financial markets are fair, transparent, and competitive. The agency recognizes that market participants are quickly adopting new data-intensive business practices at every stage of the consumer finance lifecycle, from marketing and loan origination to credit reporting and collections. At the same time, large technology conglomerates are increasingly entering a number of consumer finance markets.

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