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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Reform Effort in Danger of Splintering]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10001774/financial-reform-effort-in-danger-of-splintering/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sure was entertaining to see the nation's top financial regulators clashing over turf on Friday like hyenas scrapping over a bone. More seriously, it shows the cracks appearing in the Obama administration's campaign for financial reform.    Testifying Friday before the House Financial Services Committee, Treasury Secretary Tim...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:58:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Credit Card Regulation Is Broken]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/article/why-credit-card-regulation-is-broken/288874/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Capital One Urges Consumers to 'Be Informed' About Their Finances During National Consumer Protection Week]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Feb_5/ai_n17167463]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Capital One's Financial Education Program Offers Advice on Evaluating Credit Card Offers]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Payment System Regulation and How It Causes Consumer Confusion]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=123648]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A workshop led by Professor Mark Budnitz of Georgia State University School of Law. Budnitz described how the regime of consumer payment regulation and various new payment products have led to much confusion among consumers. He also discussed a remedy for this situation: the adoption of uniform federal consumer protection...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=104007]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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