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  • March 26, 2024
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today continued retail banking’s premier annual event – CBA LIVE – a timely discussion between CBA President and CEO Lindsey Johnson and Visa North American President Kim Lawrence on the highly competitive credit card market and technologies that benefit consumers, such as contactless payments and other technology poised to impact the...
  • March 25, 2024
    In New Comment Letter, CBA Outlines Concerns With NSF Fee Proposal WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today submitted a new comment letter responding to a proposed rule seeking to prohibit Non-Sufficient Funds fees (NSF) on real-time payments that was released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in January 2024. In the letter, CBA reiterated concerns...
  • March 25, 2024
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) President and CEO Lindsey Johnson and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today kicked off CBA’s annual conference, CBA LIVE 2024, before nearly 1,700 industry leaders, over 650 of which are senior-level bankers. In her opening remarks, CBA’s Johnson touted the positive impact America’s leading retail banks have on communities...
  • March 22, 2024
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) is proud to shar the many ways America’s leading retail banks are supporting financial literacy for women and bridging the wealth gap. This installment features United Bank, Wells Fargo, and Regions Bank. United Bank Thrive, a program implemented by United Bank, is a resource for women to build confidence and strengthen their financial...
  • March 21, 2024
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today released the results of a new national survey exploring how consumers use and feel about bank overdraft services. This is an early look of how consumers are using overdraft services after the COVID-19 pandemic – providing new data on the types of transactions for which consumers use overdraft services; what alternatives would...
  • March 21, 2024
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) President and CEO Lindsey Johnson today released the following statement on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) new proposed statement of policy on how the agency approaches bank mergers and acquisitions: “It is important for regulators not to assume that every bank merger is automatically positive or automatically negative...
  • March 20, 2024
    Acting Comptroller of the Currency Hsu, CFPB Director Chopra Set to Speak WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) is thrilled to host retail banking’s premier annual event , CBA LIVE 2024, March 25-27, in Washington, D.C. Entering its 15th year, this year’s conference will include programming and speakers focused on how America’s leading banks can continue to be there For The...
  • March 19, 2024
    Merchants pay a small transaction cost to a cardholder’s bank or credit union any time a consumer makes a purchase using their debit card. This charge, known as interchange, reimburses the costs to the financial institution for its investment in helping create the debit payment system, which includes: offering debit cards, managing the technology, providing customer support and implementing fraud...
  • March 14, 2024
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today released a new two-page fact sheet detailing how the original Durbin Amendment harmed consumers and why the new proposed rule from the Federal Reserve would further negatively impact millions of consumers. This new CBA resource comes after U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) and numerous cosponsors recently introduced the Secure...
  • March 11, 2024
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board published a piece on how “political price controls will merely shift costs somewhere else and reduce access to credit.” The editorial reflects many of the concerns the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) has raised with regard to how regulatory proposals seeking to limit credit card late fees, overdraft fees, and interchange...

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