CBA General Programs

Items about the Consumer Bankers Association and its initiatives, including CBA Advanced Education, CBA LIVE, CBA Team news and more.

  • March 8, 2024
    The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today announced that it is jointly pursuing legal action with five other leading business groups against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in issuing its final rule to unilaterally and arbitrarily limit the safe harbor amount for overdue credit card payments. The complaint will be followed by a motion for preliminary injunction requesting...
  • March 6, 2024
    March is Women’s History Month, and the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) is proud to share the incredible leaders of our industry, and the many ways America’s leading retail banks develop the next generation of women leaders as well as support female entrepreneurs in their business ventures. This first installment features BMO Bank, Citizens, Synovus Bank, and Old National Bank – which share...
  • February 16, 2024
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today announced featured speakers for the 15th annual CBA LIVE , which is taking place from March 25-27 at National Harbor in Washington, D.C. This year’s event theme – For the People – will highlight the numerous ways in which banks’ essential products and services support consumers, homeowners, entrepreneurs, and more to reach their...
  • January 8, 2024
    The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today announced the launch of OverdraftFacts.com , a microsite highlighting the value of overdraft services and conveying how misguided regulatory action could ultimately limit access to a financial tool utilized by millions of Americans in times of need. The microsite will serve as a resource for policymakers to get the facts on the impact of bank-led...
  • November 20, 2023
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) last week hosted top industry experts and thought leaders at its 2023 Washington Forum to discuss what’s happening and what’s to come from regulators related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Section 1033, credit card late fees, and more. This year’s featured speakers included: Lindsey Johnson, President and CEO, CBA Kelvin Chen, Senior...
  • October 3, 2023
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) President and CEO Lindsey Johnson delivered keynote remarks at a policy luncheon hosted by Women in Housing and Finance (WHF) last week in Washington, D.C. During the event, Johnson, who previously served as WHF President from 2018-2019, addressed many of the pressing policy issues facing the industry today. Below are key excerpts as delivered...
  • October 2, 2023
    The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today announced that Kelvin Chen has joined the organization as Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Policy, a new position created to help CBA further drive its policy objectives on behalf of the organization’s members. In this new role, Kelvin will bridge and lead CBA’s regulatory, legislative, and communications teams, as well as a new policy research...
  • September 13, 2023
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today elected Eastern Bank’s Quincy Miller as Chair of its Board of Directors. Miller serves as Eastern Bank’s President and Vice Chairman and will assume the role of CBA Chair following the successful tenure of USAA’s Head of Retail Banking Ryan Bailey. Bailey will remain on the Board as Immediate Past-Chair. Citizen Financial Group’s...
  • August 22, 2023
    The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today announced the launch of the “Washington Wallet Watch” campaign to defend and protect consumers’ access to the world’s safest and most reliable credit card network. Specifically, the campaign will outline how two proposals in Washington would dramatically disrupt the credit card landscape: the CFPB’s imminent final rule to lower credit card late fees...
  • August 7, 2023
    In a new op-ed published by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, CBA President & CEO Lindsey Johnson outlines how two proposals being considered in Washington, D.C. – the CFPB’s expected rulemaking to lower credit card late fees and the Credit Card Competition Act in Congress – would directly harm the millions of Americans who rely on credit cards to meet their daily financial needs. Unfortunately, as...

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