According to the World Bank and the Bureau, of the $613.5 billion worldwide dollar amount of remittance transfers in 2017, $148.5 billion was sent from the US in over 325 million remittance transfers, and $6.6 billion was...more
On December 3, the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the Remittance Rule (“Proposed Rule”) and is accepting comments until January 21, 2020. ...more
The CFPB has proposed several amendments to its remittance rule. Comments on the proposal must be filed no later than January 21, 2020. The proposed amendments are...more
Last week, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) issued a request for information on its remittance rules, which are located in the Electronic Fund Transfers Act (EFTA). The request primarily seeks information...more
On April 25th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) issued a request for information (“RFI”) asking for input about the scope of its Remittance Rule (the “Rule”), whether the Bureau should exempt...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will publish in 2018 its five-year assessment of its remittance rule, part of Regulation E and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA) that governs transfers from within the...more