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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in its October 2013 report on the CARD Act found that between the first quarter of 2009 and December 2012, credit card interest rates increased on average from 16.2% to 18.5%, while the “total cost of credit,” that is, the total of all fees and interest paid by all consumers as a percentage of the ...
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 ( FACT Act or FACTA, Pub. L. 108–159 (text) (PDF)) is a U.S. federal law, passed by the United States Congress on November 22, 2003, [1] and signed by President George W. Bush on December 4, 2003, [2] as an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The act allows consumers to request and ...
Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act. The Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification act was passed in 2007 as an amendment to the FCRA. The act required that account numbers printed on receipts have to be shortened to five digits in order to protect consumer privacy. Bank Secrecy Act
The rule set by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was finalized this week, limiting credit card late fees to just $8, down from an average of $32. The government watchdog estimates ...
The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (BSA), also known as the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, is a U.S. law requiring financial institutions in the United States to assist U.S. government agencies in detecting and preventing money laundering. [2] Specifically, the act requires financial institutions to keep records of cash purchases of ...
Last four digits of the card used. Amount charged or credited. If you have authorized users on your account, the last four digits of the card used could help you identify where or who the purchase ...
The Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA) is a United States federal law enacted on October 28, 1974 as an amendment to the Truth in Lending Act (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq.) and as the third title of the same bill signed into law by President Gerald Ford that also enacted the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Its purpose is to protect consumers ...
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) is a United States law (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1691 et seq.), enacted 28 October 1974, [1] that makes it unlawful for any creditor to discriminate against any applicant, with respect to any aspect of a credit transaction, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, or ...