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Alan Kaplinsky wins National Law Review Go-To Thought Leadership Award

CFPB Monitor

I am pleased to share with our blog readers that Alan Kaplinsky, who leads our firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group, was recently awarded the National Law Review’s Go-To Thought Leadership Award in Consumer Finance for his work on our blog, Consumer Finance Monitor. We certainly hope that our readers will agree.

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Mastercard General Counsel Tapped To Chair National Urban League

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The world of payments has provided a new leader to the National Urban League. Tim Murphy, general counsel for Mastercard , has become the 22nd chairman of the civil rights and urban advocacy group, according to a statement from the payment card network. which focuses on managed healthcare.

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Flywire Teams With Brazilian Education And Travel Group

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BELTA has established a clear leadership position in the Brazilian market because of the outstanding quality of its agent organizations and their unwavering dedication to helping students find the right educational opportunities abroad,” Flywire EVP of Education Sharon Butler said in the announcement.

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NACHA Report: Inaugural Meeting Of API Standardization Industry Group

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Created in 2017, the API Standardization Industry Group has begun developing an application program interface (API) standardization “playbook” to help enhance support for payments and the business needs of financial institutions, companies, FinTechs and other industry stakeholders and participants.

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Sterling Bancorp Names Leaders Of Innovation Finance Group

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Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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Industry and consumer groups urge Congress to extend CARES Act relief to borrowers with federal student loans not owned by federal government

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A coalition of groups that includes the Consumer Bankers Association, the National Council of Higher Education Resources, and consumer advocates, has sent a letter to House and Senate leadership urging Congress to extend relief to federal student loan borrowers whose loans are not covered by the CARES Act.

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Civil rights groups voice support for Director Cordray

CFPB Monitor

Yesterday, several national civil rights groups issued a joint statement applauding the CFPB’s work and expressing support for Director Cordray “as he continues to lead the CFPB in the fourth year of his five-year tenure.” ”

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