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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 CFPB’s complaint seeks injunctive relief, restitution, damages, disgorgement, and civil money penalties.

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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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Walmart Adds Two Global Governance Leaders To Support Financial Services

PYMNTS

She earned her bachelor’s of arts in economics from Rutgers University and her master’s in business administration from the University of South Carolina. In that role, he combined leadership, regulatory expertise and relationship management to enable a dynamic, technology-focused consumer finance business.

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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. Collectively, the management team built an Arkansas franchise rivaling the largest banks in the state. The company moved its headquarters to Little Rock in 1995.

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Fighting Scams and Authorized Push Payment Fraud in the US

FICO

You never know when you’ll get a text from your leadership about testifying in front of the Senate! TJ Horan is vice president of Product Management, leading the fraud solutions business unit. in statistics, both from the University of South Carolina. TJ holds a B.S. in computer science and a M.S. See all Posts.

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