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Late Fee Crunch: How Earned Wage Access Helps Consumers Avoid Penalties

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$23 billion. That’s how much Americans paid in late fees last year. When a payment is only a few days behind, late fees for credit cards, utilities, student loans, and rent pile up. And they have proliferated over the last...more

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Registration Information Released for California DFPI’s Earned Wage Access Regulations

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Last month, we discussed the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s (DFPI) newly approved regulations for direct-to-consumer earned wage access (EWA) products. These regulations, approved by the Office...more

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California DFPI’s Earned Wage Access Regulations Approved by OAL

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On October 11, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s (DFPI) proposed regulations on direct-to-consumer (i.e., non-employer offered) earned wage...more

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Earned Wage Access Products Are Not Loans, According to the AG of Montana

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On December 22, 2023, the Attorney General of Montana released an opinion (the “Opinion”) concluding that certain earned wage access (EWA) products are not “consumer loans” or “deferred deposit loans” under Montana law and do...more

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Montana AG Opines That Earned Wage Access Products Do Not Constitute Loans

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On December 22, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued an opinion on whether Earned Wage Access (EWA) products constitute either “consumer loans” under Montana Code § 32-5-102(2)(a) or “deferred deposit loans” under §...more

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CFPB comments on California proposal to supervise providers of earned wage access products

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sent a letter to the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) commenting on the DFPI’s proposal that would require providers of “income-based advances”...more

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