On April 30, the CFPB issued a revised final rule to amend regulations applicable to consumer remittance transfers of over fifteen dollars originating in the United States and sent internationally. ...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized revisions to its remittance transfers rule and set October 28, 2013, as the rule’s new effective date. While not entirely eliminating the requirement for remittance...more
Despite the urging of many industry commenters that it eliminate altogether the requirement for remittance transfer providers to disclose recipient institution fees, the CFPB chose not to go that far in the revisions to its...more
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has revised its previously issued rules on foreign remittance transfers to ease some of the disclosure concerns raised by financial institutions. The revised rules, which are...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) announced on January 22 that it is issuing a final rule to delay the February 7, 2013, effective date of final rules published by the Bureau on February 7, 2012, and August...more
In this issue: - SEC Extends Expiration Date for Interim Final Rules Providing Exemptions for Security-Based Swaps - NFA Sets Implementation Deadline for Phase 1 of Customer Segregated Funds Reporting - CFTC to...more
On January 22, the CFPB announced that the effective date for its international remittance transfer rule, originally set for February 7, 2013, is delayed, and that a new effective date will be announced later this year. ...more
The CFPB has issued a final rule delaying the effective date of the remittance transfer rule pending finalization of its December 2012 proposal to make changes in three areas....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued proposed changes to the rule it originally proposed on January 20, 2011, governing certain electronic money transfers by consumers that was required by the...more
On December 21, 2012, the CFPB issue a proposed amendment to subpart B of Regulation E under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act regarding remittance transfers....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) on December 21 issued proposed revisions to a rule that creates certain protections for consumers who transfer money internationally. The proposed revisions, according...more
On December 21, the CFPB proposed revisions to the remittance transfer rule it finalized earlier this year and already once modified. The proposed revisions follow a November 2012 bulletin from the CFPB in which it stated its...more
On December 31, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Bureau”) published in the Federal Register revisions (“Proposal”) to rules on international remittance transfers that the agency published in February 2012 and...more
On November 27, the CFPB issued a bulletin explaining the CFPB’s intent to propose limited adjustments to its rule on international money transfers as well as an extension of the date the rule will become effective until the...more
On November 27, the CFPB issued a bulletin announcing that it intends to delay the effective date of the new remittance transfer rule finalized earlier this year and already once modified....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, expects to issue a proposal next month to refine three elements of its rule regarding foreign remittance transfers. ...more
In a bulletin issued today, the CFPB announced that, in December, it expects to issue a proposal to make changes to the remittance transfer rule and extend the rule’s effective date until 90 days after the proposal is...more
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