Fraud & Cybersecurity

CBA supports strong national data protection and consumer notification standards with effective enforcement provisions that are applicable to any party with access to important consumer financial information. CBA members are already subject to robust data protection and notification standards and these requirements must be recognized. Inconsistent state laws and regulations should be preempted in favor of strong Federal data protection and notification standards. CBA firmly holds that all parties must share in protecting consumers and, as such, the costs of a data breach should ultimately be borne by the entity that incurs the breach. Protecting consumer data is a shared responsibility, and merchants must have the same tough data security standards as financial institutions to thwart hackers as well as the ability to accept chip-based cards.
  • October 13, 2017
    House Committee Moves on Regulatory Reform, SIFI Designation Bill During a markup session this week, the House Financial Services Committee moved a host of regulatory reforms, including Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer’s SIFI designation bill. As CBA noted in its letter to the committee, designating risk strictly based on the size of a financial institution does not make sense and it harms...
  • October 6, 2017
    CFPB Final Small-Dollar Rule Falls Short For Consumers The CFPB’s long-awaited small-dollar rule is finally here, and you guessed it! The Bureau whiffed at an opportunity to provide assistance to the millions of Americans experiencing financial hardship. It is hard to believe just days after the CFPB reported more than four in ten Americans were struggling to pay monthly bills – often because of...
  • October 5, 2017
    Maybe you saw a suspicious charge on your bank statement. Or your debit card is missing from your wallet. If you believe your account is at risk, you need to act fast. Your money could be in jeopardy. According to a 2015 American Bankers Association survey, banks lost nearly $2 billion to deposit account fraud the year before. The recent Equifax data breach highlights how consumer information is...
  • September 29, 2017
    CBA to CFPB: Help Banks Serve Consumers in Need of Short-Term Credit A huge segment of consumers are struggling to make ends meet in a given month – 43 percent to be exact – according to a new CFPB survey. Since the FDIC and OCC issued guidance essentially pushing banks out of the small-dollar lending market, consumers have been forced to use less-safe, less-regulated and more costly entities to...
  • September 22, 2017
    CBA LIVE 2018 Registration Now Open CBA LIVE is back for 2018, and we are going “Beyond the Bank.” The banking industry is transforming across the board. From consumer interactions to digital capabilities the banking world is moving beyond brick and mortar. With 90 hours of programming and attendance from retail banking’s most senior leaders, CBA LIVE 2018 is this year’s can’t miss event. Join us...
  • September 14, 2017
    This week Capitol Hill weighed in heavily on the Equifax breach which reportedly affected more than 143 million customers. There were several letters from Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle in the House and Senate. The Senate Commerce Committee sent a letter to Equifax CEO Richard Smith inquiring of the scope and response to the breach. Democrats from the House Energy and Commerce...
  • September 8, 2017
    Welcoming CBA’s Board of Directors & Committee Leadership We are excited to welcome our Board of Directors to CBA HQ next week for our September Board meeting. Each time we meet, it provides us an opportunity to chart a path forward for the retail banking industry and discuss how we can best serve consumers and small businesses. We also will announce our Board leadership team for 2018, as...
  • June 8, 2017
    On Thursday, June 08, 2017, CFPB Director Richard Cordray announced the Bureau granted CBA’s request for a 60-day extension to the comment period for the “Request for Information Regarding the Small Business Lending Market.” The Director made the announcement during his remarks at the Bureau’s Consumer Advisory Board Meeting. A copy of his remarks will be posted on consumerfinance.gov and a...
  • April 26, 2017
    On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) filed a lawsuit against the OCC in U.S. District Court to prevent the agency from creating a national bank charter for fintech companies. “The OCC’s action is an unprecedented, unlawful expansion of the chartering authority given to it by Congress for national banks. If Congress had intended it to be used for another...
  • April 19, 2017
    On Wednesday, April 19, 2017, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the fintech industry in response to a request from Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR). The GAO stated there is “universal definition of fintech,” it can be loosely understood to encompass specific subsectors likely to have greatest impact on traditional financial...

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