The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Financial Services Roundtable have launched a public-private initiative to promote effective financial education across the U.S. Collection & Credit Risk
In the six months since we announced the release of Your Money, Your Goals: A Financial Empowerment Toolkit for Social Services Programs, organizations across the country have been at work equipping frontline social services staff to use its information and tools to help their clients learn financial decision-making skills. This comprehensive guide to empowered financial [...]
A company that sold credit and debit card payment processing services has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used deception and unsubstantiated claims. Collection & Credit Risk
We’re working to reach more people with our services and information, and we could use your help. About 24 million people in the United States say they don’t speak English “very well,” according to the Census Bureau. In this group, people are likely to be more comfortable with Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese), French, Haitian [...]
The lesson in a recent consent order is clear — an MSA cannot shield or rehabilitate an otherwise impermissible arrangement. News
Many people feel overwhelmed by their financial situations, and they may not know where to go for help. For many low-income Americans, frontline staff of nonprofit and public social services programs are in a unique position to provide that help. Their clients already know and trust them, and in many cases, they’re already sharing financial [...]
New York's banking regulator said Thursday that he intends to simplify state requirements for obtaining a mortgage banking license. News
Valuation Partners, an appraisal management company in Sugar Land, Texas, said on Thursday that it has launched a unit to handle valuations of commercial properties. News
