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- Consumer protection must be preeminent in debate over bank-insurance sales.(Editorial)
- As the behemoths of banking and insurance battle it out in Congress to determine the future of financial services reform, the argument should focus on the best interests of consumers. With that in mind, Congress should pay careful attention to th As...
- Research articles 1997-06-23
- PIA, AIA reconsider stand on bank-ins. affiliations.(National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, American Insurance Association)
- WASHINGTON - The American Insurance Association, is expected to formally adopt a new position on banking and insurance that supports affiliations subject to clearly defined functional regulation. David Pratt, senior vice president of federal affa WASHINGTON - The American Insurance Association, is...
- Research articles 1997-02-10
- Should Bank CEOs Direct Employees to Scuttle Consumer Protection Agency?
- It's no secret that the American Bankers Association wants to torpedo the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Now the group also wants bank leaders to dragoon employees into opposing it. Says the ABA, the industry's leading trade organization, in an August 21 entry in the "What's News" section of...
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Why Credit Card Regulation Is Broken
- Until recently, regulators routinely looked the other way as credit card issuers ensnared unwitting consumers with huge finance charges and penalties. So how did credit card regulation become so broken? Here's a brief history of the slippery practices of the industry. How...
- Articles 2009-04-15
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- Insurance Sales Disclosure and Consumer Protection
- This paper summarizes the regulation and provides some insights into its implementation. The regulation was mandated by the landmark Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act GLBA, which not only expanded the insurance powers of bank holding companies and national banks, but also directed the federal banking agencies (OCC, Fed, FDIC, and OTS) to issue...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Consumer protection division warns of e-mail bank scam
- The Utah Division of Consumer Protection said Monday that Utahns should be aware of a new e-mail bank scam that is using legitimate information taken from First National Bank, North Carolina. The e-mail says that First National Bank is going through security enhancements for its online banking and...
- Research articles 2007-04-17
- Credit Cardholder Files Consumer Protection Lawsuit Against Metris and Direct Merchants Bank for Alleged Deceptive and Unlawful Business Practices
- Business Editors/Legal Writers MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--May 24, 2000 The law firms of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, L.L.P., and Zimmerman Reed P.L.L.P, announce the filing today of Fischl v. Metris Companies and Direct Merchants Credit Card Bank, N.A., Case No. 00-7129, a consumer protection lawsuit against Direct Merchants Credit...
- Research articles 2000-05-24
- SEC Stresses Consumer Protection in Backing Bank-securities Power
- WASHINGTON AP _ Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt Jr. told a U.S. House of Representatives panel Wednesday that consumer protection must be a key element to any bill permitting banks and securities firms to combine.
- Research articles 1995-03-16
- CONSUMERS : TELEPHONE, POSTAL AND BANKING HABITS IN THE EU.
- The habits of European consumers with their mobile or fixed-line phone, the post office or the bank have been jointly dissected by Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, and the European Commission DG Health and Consumer Protection in the third edition of Consumers in Europe -...
- Research articles 2007-12-06
- Deal or No Deal? 8 Phony 'Bargains' and Better Alternatives
- In this economy, enticing offers abound. But a lot of so-called bargains may turn out to be raw deals. For consumers, a little...
- Articles 2009-08-04
- Why Obama's Bank Shakeup Won't Save Consumers
- The White House would have been better off giving broader powers to existing regulatory agencies and focusing more on efforts to educate investors. As part of his planned overhaul of the entire...
- Articles 2009-06-23
- Banks Hope to Scuttle Plan for New Consumer Watchdog
- Puzzling story today in American Banker, which writes that the U.S. banking industry "refuses to engage" with lawmakers on Capitol Hill writing legislation to establish a so-called Consumer Financial Protection Agency registration required. Yet the same piece offers this quote from Scott Talbott, the chief lobbyist for...
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- US sees big banks largely funding consumer agency
- Reuters WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is proposing to fund the enhanced policing of financial firms by levying fees on the largest banks, while sparing community banks from increased costs, a Treasury official has said. The biggest banks and financial firms that do not fall under direct federal supervision will...
- News items 2009-08-14
- Interactive Web Site For Consumer Regulation Issues In Internet Banking - Brief Article
- The Federal Reserve Board announced on November 21, 2000, a new Internet resource designed to help bankers and bank examiners apply consumer regulations to Internet banking. The Checkers Bank TCB is a mock on-line bank whose web site contains violations of federal consumer protection regulations. The TCB site highlights these...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- M&T Bank Selects Corillian to Provide Strong Online Authentication Services for Consumer and Small Business Customers; Corillian Teams with Cydelity to Provide M&T Bank with Comprehensive Protection against Online Fraud and Identity Theft
- PORTLAND, Ore. -- Corillian Corp. (NASDAQ:CORI), the top provider of online banking, payment and security solutions to the financial services industry, today announced that M&T Bank, a $56 billion bank headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., has selected Corillian Intelligent AuthenticationTM, to provide strong online authentication services to both its consumer and...
- Research articles 2006-09-20
- Spanish-Language Consumer Brochure On Bank Complaint Instructions - Brief Article
- The Federal Reserve Board announced on August 7, 2001, that it has published a Spanish version of its brochure for consumers, Como puede un consumidor presentar una queja acerca de un banco How to File a Consumer Complaint About a Bank. The brochure covers the kinds of complaints the...
- Research articles 2001-09-01
- Bank Regulators Divided on Securitization Plan
- By Kim DixonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators on Tuesday approved an initial proposal to jump-start the securitization market and strengthen standards to avoid abuses that helped lead to the economic crisis, but the board remained divided on what limits to impose on banks.The board of the Federal Deposit Insurance...
- News items 2009-12-16
- House panel OKâ??s consumer protection agency
- WASHINGTON - The House Financial Services Committee voted Thursday to create a federal agency devoted to protecting U.S. consumers from predatory lending, abusive overdraft fees and unfair rate hikes. Democrats are hailing the 39-29 vote as a win for the average American. It is a major step forward in enacting...
- News items 2009-10-22
- U.S. Bank Bolsters Consumer Identity Theft Protection Offering with Addition of PrivacyGuard
- Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--May 6, 2004 U.S. Bank is going the extra mile to help consumers protect themselves from identity theft by offering PrivacyGuard, available through U.S. Bancorp Insurance Services, LLC. The offering complements the support of the U.S. Bank Fraud Liaison Center, introduced last fall, which...
- Research articles 2004-05-06
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