Comment Letters
- March 21, 2024Click here to view the survey results
- March 21, 2024Dear Mr. Dodaro, We write to request that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study the potential impacts of the Federal Reserve Board’s proposal to lower the maximum interchange fee that a large debit card issuer can receive for a debit card transaction. The “Durbin Amendment” to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires the Federal Reserve Board to...
- March 13, 2024Click here to view the overview
- March 7, 2024Chairman Barr, Ranking Member Foster, and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss concerns about “Politicized Financial Regulation and its Impact on Consumer Credit and Community Development.” I am the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Bankers Association (“CBA”). CBA is America’s only member-driven trade association...
- March 7, 2024Plaintiffs, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Longview Chamber of Commerce, the American Bankers Association, the Consumer Bankers Association, and Texas Association of Business, bring this action for declaratory and equitable relief against Defendants, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and Rohit Chopra in his official...
- February 20, 2024The Bank Policy Institute, the American Bankers Association, and the Consumer Bankers Association (together, “the Associations”) appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Department of the Treasury’s Request for Information to help inform its development of a national strategy for financial inclusion as required by The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023. The...
- February 20, 2024The Bank Policy Institute, the American Bankers Association, and the Consumer Bankers Association (together, “the Associations”) appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Department of the Treasury’s Request for Information to help inform its development of a national strategy for financial inclusion as required by The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023. The...
- February 8, 2024In November 2023, the Federal Reserve Board proposed to further reduce debit interchange rates, which could lead to higher costs for consumers.In a recently-published white paper, Nick Bourke, the creator and former Executive Director of Pew Charitable Trusts’ Consumer Finance and Housing program, shows that the Federal Reserve Board’s proposed rule could increase consumers’ costs for checking...
- February 8, 2024PART ONE: CBA Uses CFPB Data to Set Record Straight on CARD Act Report In passing the sweeping reforms of the credit card market under the 2009 Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (“CARD”) Act, Congress required that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) publish a review of the state of the credit card market every two years. This year’s Consumer Credit Card Market...
CBA Submits Comments on CFPB's Proposed NSF Rule