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The European Free Trade Association is an intergovernmental organization established in 1960 to facilitate and promote free trade among its member states and as a counterbalance to the more politically-driven... more +
The European Free Trade Association is an intergovernmental organization established in 1960 to facilitate and promote free trade among its member states and as a counterbalance to the more politically-driven European Economic Community (EEC). The current member states of the EFTA are Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland.   less -
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State AGs urge CFPB not to change overdraft rule and to consider its expansion

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24 state attorneys general, the D.C. attorney general, and the Executive Director of the Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection have sent a joint comment letter to the CFPB urging it not to make any changes to the Regulation E...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Overdraft Service Program Costs Bank $10M in CFPB Fine

Overdraft services practices were the basis for a $10 million fine from the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) in a recent action against a national bank operating primarily in the northeast....more

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Fifth Circuit Affirms Certification of Electronic Funds Transfer Act Class

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In a case similar to its late-2014 decision in Mabary v. Home Town Bank, N.A., 771 F.3d 820 (5th Cir. 2014), the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed certification of a class of consumers who were charged a fee for using an...more

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FCRA Claim Provides Article III Standing without Showing of Actual Harm, Ninth Circuit Rules

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a plaintiff had Article III standing to sue a website operator for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) regardless of whether he could show actual...more

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Seventh Circuit Says “Smallness” Is Not a Bar to Class Certification

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In what it describes as an effort to advance the law of class certification, the Seventh Circuit last week issued a decision, written by Judge Posner, that many would say does just the opposite. ...more

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Seventh Circuit Reverses Decertification of Class in ATM Fee Suit

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a lower court’s decertification of a class alleging violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act. Plaintiffs filed a class action alleging that defendants,...more

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Burr Alert: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Amends Regulation E And Regulation Z

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In late March, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") issued final rules amending Regulation E, 12 C.F.R. § 1005.16, which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1693 et seq. ("EFTA"), and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFPB Finalizes ATM Disclosure Rule Changes

On March 21, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection finalized a rule implementing the ATM placard legislation that was signed into law last December. In December 2012, Congress passed and the President signed legislation...more

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President signs ATM fee sticker bill and CFPB privilege waiver bill

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On December 20, 2012, President Obama signed into law (1) the bill amending the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (H.R. 4367) to eliminate the ATM fee sticker requirement, and (2) the bill amending the Federal Deposit Insurance...more

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No More Sticker Shock — Congress Eliminates the External Fee Notice Requirement in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act

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Congress gave banks and other ATM operators an early holiday present this year. On December 11, the Senate unanimously passed S. 3204, which eliminates the external fee notice requirement in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act,...more

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Congress passes bill eliminating ATM fee sticker requirement

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The U.S. Senate has joined the House of Representatives in approving a bill (H.R. 4367) amending the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to eliminate the requirement that a fee disclosure be placed in a prominent and conspicuous...more

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Congress Passes Bill To End ATM Fee Sticker Strike Suits

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The U.S. Senate has just joined the House of Representatives in approving a bill (H.R. 4367) amending the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to eliminate the requirement that a fee disclosure be placed in a prominent and...more

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DOJ files amicus brief supporting plaintiff in Eighth Circuit standing case

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Earlier this week, we wrote about Charvat v. First National Bank of Wahoo, a case pending before the Eighth Circuit that raises the question whether a plaintiff has Article III standing to sue for an alleged statutory...more

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