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CFPB, joined by South Carolina Dept. of Consumer Affairs and Arkansas AG, files lawsuit targeting service providers to pension advance products structured as purchases

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB filed a complaint in a South Carolina federal district court against Upstate Law Group LLC. The CFPB filed a complaint in a South Carolina federal district court against Upstate Law Group LLC. The lawsuit is not the first enforcement action by the Bureau against brokers in this industry.

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Do We Care About Leadership?

Jeff For Banks

On a recent plane ride I sat next to the Commander of the NCO Academy at Fort Jackson, South Carolina (see picture from one of last year''s classes). In his "real life", he is a sales manager for a pharmaceutical company. One form of training I fondly recall from my Navy days was Navy Leadership Development school, or NAVLEAD.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

In 1979, George Gleason, a 25-year-old attorney, purchased controlling interest and assumed active management of the bank as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Bank of the Ozarks and their regulators were not so myopic in their view. At the time, the bank had a couple dozen employees and total assets of $28 million.

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Fighting Scams and Authorized Push Payment Fraud in the US

FICO

US regulators seem poised to update the status quo for bank liability for authorized user/authorized push payment fraud, but just how big is the potential? You never know when you’ll get a text from your leadership about testifying in front of the Senate! Neither the banks nor the regulators disagree about the scope of the problem.

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