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Q3 Industry Insights: Inflation and Interest Rates Drop, Christmas Comes Early

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Tired of paying higher prices, consumers increasingly turned to cheaper alternatives, bargain hunted or simply avoided items they found too expensive, pressuring retailers to accommodate them or lose their business. The National Retail Federation is forecasting that winter holiday spending is expected to grow between 2.5%

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Q1 Industry Insights: Started Strong, But “Considerable Turbulence” Leaves Consumers on Edge

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Job gains showed up in health care, social assistance, transportation and warehousing, along with retail trade, which reflected the return of workers from a strike, while federal government employment declined as a result of wide-reaching layoffs. The Federal Reserve (Fed) held rates steady at 4.25-4.50% 4.50% in March.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding structure is constitutional — splitting from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Community Financial Services Association of America v. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On October 26, a House Financial Services subcommittee drafted legislative proposals related to the buy now, pay later (BNPL) and earned wage access (EWA) market. financial institutions. For more information, click here. For more information, click here. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

The bill would require digital asset firms to publish and distribute a prospectus that includes material information related to the firm’s business, financial condition, results of operations, risk factors, and conflicts of interests. Strengthen Retail (Consumer) Investor Protections. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On June 20, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent letters to 50 online marketplaces nationwide, notifying them about their obligation to comply with the new Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act — or the INFORM Consumers Act — as soon as it takes effect on June 27.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

District Court of the Southern District of New York denied bankrupt digital asset services company Celsius Network Inc.’s On December 12, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that his office obtained a settlement with a California student loan debt relief company. For more information, click here.