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Text Messages From Debt Collectors? Not in My Backyard!

CFPB Monitor

New developments are often opposed by small groups prioritizing their own self-interest over the interests of the community at large. It took 44 years for the law to catch up to modern technology, but the CFPB finally did it in 2021 with Regulation F’s guidelines for FDCPA-compliant electronic communications like email and text messages.

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Sageworks’ speakers tackle tough banking topics

Abrigo

Sageworks consultants have hosted and spoken at roughly two dozen regional and national events and industry conferences attended by hundreds of banking and credit union executives, regulators and industry professionals. See upcoming regional and national events hosted or attended by Sageworks here.

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Bitcoin Daily: German Crypto Firm Shuttered After Pyramid Scheme Accusations; People’s Bank Of China Denies Bogus Announcement Of Stablecoin Launch

PYMNTS

This is a new community, a new world, this is going to be very big. But in May, authorities in Namibia called Karatbar a pyramid scheme, while last month, Florida’s financial regulator denied that the company had been issued a banking license. Seiz claims to have raised about $100 million through the sale of his KaratGold Coin (KBC).

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Finance Policy Predictions 2020: AML, Authentication, Collections & CRA

FICO

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has long been a concern to many organizations that are frustrated by their inability to effectively use modern technology to communicate with their customers or members. The road to modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act will include some speed bumps. by Daniel Nestel.

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ATMIA Weighs In On Cashless Retail Ban Debate

PYMNTS

Council member and bill sponsor Ritchie Torres has said the ban is a way to make sure lower income communities, and those of color, are not shut out of marketplaces. In terms of upcoming advocacy efforts, Tente told PYMNTS that ATMIA has “a DC fly-in event in April and we will be talking to legislators about this issue.”.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Fiscal Policy We are not seeing activity from Washington DC. We have seen the elimination of several regulations; the lifting of burdensome regulations will help everyone. Dorothy has been with Penn Community Bank and its predecessor since November, 2004. Tax cut and tax reform proposals have been floated.

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Can a Simple Word Change Reshape the Brokered-Deposit Market?

American Banker

Community bankers say that reclassifying "reciprocal deposits" as a less risky type of deposit will help them to compete with large banks. Some deposit brokers are crying foul, arguing that the proposed legislation would put them at a competitive disadvantage.