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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On November 30, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has temporarily shut down a credit card debt relief program and its affiliated companies that allegedly took millions from consumers by falsely promising to eliminate or substantially reduce their credit card debt. To read Emmer’s letter, click here.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Federal Activities: On September 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed an enforcement action against crypto futures and spot market exchange Digitex and its founder and CEO Adam Todd. State Activities. The CFTC alleged that Digitex violated the Commodity Exchange Act by failing to register as a futures commission merchant.

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Retail Payments Fraud: How Consumers and Banks Can Fight Back

Fico Collections

Some of the changes are related to new digital payments methods like P2P apps, tap-to-pay, and cryptocurrency, which are all growing options in retail environments. Scammers Exploit Zelle and Cryptocurrencies. For example, Chase Bank allows users to connect to the Coinbase exchange to buy and sell cryptocurrencies.

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Bitcoincash Buying And Selling

The Kaplan Group

BitMEX capitalised on the increasing interest in cryptocurrencies and the shortage of actual exhausting currencies. Bitcoingg – Bitcoin Gambling Guide claims to supply goal, updated evaluations of most forms of Bitcoin gambling, including casinos, betting, and trading. Today’s horse racing in Country NSW.

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President Biden’s Working Group on Financial Markets Issues Report on Stablecoins

Troutman Sanders

Stablecoins are digital assets designed to maintain stable value, unlike other types of cryptocurrency, and are generally benchmarked against a sovereign currency, such as the U.S. As noted in the Report, stablecoins predominantly are used to facilitate trading, lending, and borrowing of other digital assets. Existing Risks.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Senator Kevin Cramer intends to introduce legislation to codify a rule from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which will require banks to conduct a risk assessment of individual customers, rather than make broad-based decisions affecting whole categories or classes of customers when provisioning access to services, capital, and credit.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On March 7, Axios reported that Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand are working on legislation aimed at regulating stablecoins and providing clarity and protection for investors in this growing sector of the cryptocurrency market. For more information, click here. For more information, click here. On March 1, the U.S.