It’s no secret that there are more and more actors getting into the compliance space. But what are the root causes for all the new rules???
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) definition of “covered person” has taken on new meaning with the repercussions of the CFPB’s…
Are you monitoring your business customers for decline in reputation using consumer complaints information? Do you check sources of adverse media to monitor for risk events in your portfolio? With the increased focus on UDAAP violations spearheaded by the CFPB, these leading indicators of risk can…
When it comes to building a comprehensive KYC program, monitoring your business customers’ reputation is an important component. A declining reputation can signal that a particular business customer is engaging in…
I recently attended the Third-Party Payment Processors Association (TPPPA) Executive Leadership Summit in Arizona where there were many interesting and informative presentations from attorneys, the Attorney General from the State of Arizona and others. The following are some of the key points that…
Excellent MAC Midwest Training Event in Dallas on October 1, 2015! The program featured experts from across the industry on topics ranging from EMV to new trends in fraud.
Last week we had the opportunity to attend the Merchant Acquirer Committee’s regional conference in Los Angeles, where I was impressed by the quality and depth of the information presented.
With the presidential election upcoming in 16 months, bank regulations are becoming an increasing part of the national discourse. Even Rick Perry said he wants to break up banks, putting him in the same company as President Obama and Elizabeth Warren.
More central to the debate than bank size is consumer protection. What is the right amount of consumer protection?
In simpler times, most high risk websites could be detected by crawling and classifying the public web.
But as acquirers, processors and ISOs become more effective at stopping online fraud and prohibited activity, bad actors have gone underground. There are various means to do this. An increasingly attractive ploy is transaction laundering (TL).
The creation of the CFPB by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 not only added another financial regulator, it has changed the dynamics of existing regulators. Like an athletic team that has drafted a new player, the incumbents have found themselves sometimes competing, sometimes collaborating.
Or as one bank panelist at the ETA Transact 15 conference in San Francisco put it last week, “we now have the regulatory Olympics.”
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