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CFPB Jan. 2016 complaint report highlights “other financial services complaints,” complaints from NY State/NY metro area consumers

CFPB Monitor

Complaints about prepaid cards showed the greatest percentage increase based on a three-month average, increasing about 233 percent from the same time last year (October to December 2014 compared with October to December 2015). The volume of complaints from Mississippi, Montana and Arizona increased by, respectively, 38, 37 and 34 percent.

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Money transfer complaints highlighted in CFPB December 2015 complaint report

CFPB Monitor

Complaints about prepaid cards showed the greatest percentage increase based on a three-month average, increasing about 215 percent from the same time last year (September to November 2014 compared with September to November 2015). The most common complaints (42 percent) involved consumers complaining about being victims of fraud.

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

PYMNTS

EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. That same thing will, of course, be looking up. Today, between 12:05 p.m. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m.

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