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June

7
2023
Industry News

Mountain America Credit Union Receives 9 CUNA Diamond Awards for Creative Excellence in Marketing

SALT LAKE CITY, June 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mountain America Credit Union’s marketing team received nine Diamond Awards from the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) for its creative excellence and outstanding results.

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June

7
2023
Industry News

New York Law Requiring Grace Period for Use of Credit Card Rewards Points Goes Into Effect End of this Year

On December 10, 2023, New York General Business Law § 520-e requiring a grace period for the use of credit card rewards points will go into effect.

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June

7
2023
Industry News

FTC Renews Battle With Kochava

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday filed an amended complaint against mobile data broker Kochava, which allegedly sold sensitive geolocation data. The new complaint was filed under seal, and is at least temporarily unavailable to the public.

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June

7
2023
Industry News

Attorney General Bonta Joins Bipartisan Coalition in Support of FCC’s Latest Proposed Anti-Robocall and Anti-Robotext Efforts

OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on proposals designed to reduce the number of robocalls and robotexts received by consumers. On March 16, the FCC adopted anti-robotext rules requiring for the first time that mobile wireless providers block text messages that are highly likely to be illegal — because the sender phone numbers are invalid, unallocated, unused, or found on a “do-not-originate” list.

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June

7
2023
Industry News

‘Junk Fee’ Issue Headed to Senate Subcommittee

As regulators such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission continue efforts to regulate “junk fees” and companies’ tactics to impose them, Congress is exploring the issue and possible legislative solutions.

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