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Mississippi AG Preps Antitrust Suit Against Google

PYMNTS

The Mississippi Attorney General (AG) revealed that his office is preparing an antitrust case against Google , accusing the tech giant of controlling a “pipeline” of data. “We We attorneys general have authority under consumer protection acts to do both,” said Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, according to CNBC , on Monday (March 18).

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Cross border payment innovation and regulation drive each other

Bobsguide

Unheard of today, the New York & Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company was founded in 1851. Five years later, the company was renamed Western Union. Arguably one of the first companies to transact across borders, Western Union tapped into its telegraph network to transfer money from one.

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After buying bank accused of redlining, Cadence gets top CRA score

American Banker

The FDIC gave Cadence Bank in Mississippi the highest possible rating on its most recent Community Reinvestment Act evaluation. Cadence was the product of a 2021 merger completed just months after the acquired bank settled a federal lending discrimination case.

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Update on state small business commercial financing disclosure laws

CFPB Monitor

Around the nation, regulators are preparing to implement and enforce new consumer-like disclosure laws for small business commercial finance providers. New York regulators have yet to issue final regulations implementing the state’s Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL), which went into effect on January 1, 2022.

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A further update on state AG/regulator lawsuits using Dodd-Frank authority

CFPB Monitor

Mishkin Below is an update on the lawsuits we have been following that state attorneys general and a state regulator have brought using their Dodd-Frank enforcement authority. Mississippi. In May 2014, the Mississippi AG filed a lawsuit against Experian in Mississippi state court alleging widespread federal and state law violations.

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This week’s podcast: The CFPB’s approach to regulating payday lending: a discussion with Todd J. Zywicki, Professor of Law at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, and Thomas Miller, Professor of Finance at Mississippi State University

CFPB Monitor

Zywicki and Miller have co-authored a soon-to-be published study, “The Effects on Consumers from Two State-Level Regulations of the Payday Loan Market,” in which they analyzed 15.6 million storefront payday loans made to 1.8

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Casino Reopenings Draw In Gamblers Despite Online Gaming Surges

PYMNTS

Casinos in Mississippi and Louisiana are reopening this week, and visitors are traveling long distances and waiting in lines to enter the facilities, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The state has earned $24.3 million from online gaming since the summer of last year. And, while U.S.

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