Digital wallets and Busty Cops (2004) Watch onlinepayment apps — like Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, and PayPal — are facing stronger regulations under the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the nation's bank and financial service watchdog.
Through a new rule passed Thursday, the agency will have the power to supervise the behavior and policies of nonbank companies offering digital funds transfer and payment wallet apps —recategorizing these processors and their Big Tech owners under similar rules to banking institutions. Under its new powers, the CFPB can keep a closer eye on data collection and sharing, monitor fraudulent transactions and disputes, and act as a safeguard for users who are forcibly unbanked by having their accounts closed or frozen.
SEE ALSO: One thing to know before you buy a gift card"Today's rule represents the latest step to strengthen oversight of large technology firms in consumer financial markets," the agency wrote. "The CFPB warned Big Tech firms in 2022 about their obligations under consumer protection laws when using behavioral targeting for financial products."
The rule applies to apps and services that process more than 50 million transactions per year. According to the CFPB, the most popular of these apps process over 13 billion consumer payment transactions annually. Payment apps have skyrocketed in use and popularity, outpacing the use of traditional debit or credit cards and even financial institutions at large among predominantly middle and lower income users. According to a 2023 report by the CFPB, the amount of money transferred over payment apps quadrupled between 2018 and 2022, with apps storing billions of dollars outside of federally insured banks or credit unions. The CFPB and other watchdogs have warned that this poses a higher risk of loss and fraud.
Consumer advocates like the National Consumer Law Center (NCL) are celebrating the new rule. "As our financial system evolves, it’s important that regulators keep up. Director Chopra and CFPB staff have done invaluable work over the past three years to ensure that payment facilitators follow the law, even as the technology advances. The final rule announced today will better protect the millions of consumers who use digital wallets and payment apps every day," said NCL vice president of public policy, telecommunications, and fraud John Breyault. In January, a coalition led by the NCL urged the CFPB to broaden the proposed oversight to additional financial areas, as well, including crypto-asset transactions and correctional money transfers and release cards.
"Digital payments have gone from novelty to necessity and our oversight must reflect this reality,” wrote CFPB director Rohit Chopra in a press release. "The rule will help to protect consumer privacy, guard against fraud, and prevent illegal account closures."
Topics Apple Social Good Government Money
Pictures of an airborne Harry Styles ignite a Photoshop battle for the agesThere's still no good dating app for nonTwitter reveals its employees have equitable pay on #EqualPayDayParent lovingly embarrasses their teen with a custom Snapchat filterGoogle: Oops, we may have sent your private Google Photos videos to strangersSomeone tried to mail a box of deadly horrors to Australia, and geez it's creepyDyson files patent for airOwner gives adorable 3Cadillac crams 38 inches of screen in the new EscaladeAdd this cheeky fella to your 'suburbOwner gives adorable 3Mama alligator leads her 16 babies across a golf course, because FloridaHousemates reach new levels of petty with a note for their Amazon deliverymanLizzo's biggest fan is...Jeff Bezos?Dr. Doofenshmirtz of 'Phineas and Ferb' sings 'Bad Guy': WatchDr. Doofenshmirtz of 'Phineas and Ferb' sings 'Bad Guy': WatchDr. Doofenshmirtz of 'Phineas and Ferb' sings 'Bad Guy': Watch'The Mandalorian' Season 2 will premiere October 2020Dutch men are holding hands in solidarity against antiWatch this legendary short movie from 1895 colorized and in 4K Tom Cruise shuts down theory he had fake butt in 'Valkyrie' Mark Cuban and J.J. Barea team up to help Puerto Rico Comcast is launching a streaming video service for cord 'Game of Thrones' sets directors for the final season and it's all becoming too real An ancient lost city in Iraq is found using old spy Put down the glitter. This app adds sparkles to your Instagrams. Jon Snow and Ygritte are reportedly engaged IRL I'll never use Apple's Face ID Amazon's Fire TV bundles massively undercut the Apple TV 4K Everything you need to know about the cartoon villain who is Roy Moore Dubai's autonomous flying taxi takes off for its first test flight Electric car Say 'Alexa' to the Amazon Echo 2 BMW produces giant wireless charging pad for your car If you invent a jetpack, Boeing will give you $2 million On the way to an asteroid, a spacecraft snapped this photo of Earth Mark Zuckerberg, you dress like crap Apple pushes out the first bug Facebook ads linked to Russia were about undermining Clinton Report says credit cards used at Sonic restaurants are up for sale on the dark web
2.0109s , 8224.9609375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Busty Cops (2004) Watch online】,Information Information Network