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New York Raises Check Cashing Fees

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of New York State’s Superintendent’s Regulations which provides for an annual fee adjustment, based upon the increase in the consumer price index (CPI) of the New York – Northern New Jersey – Long Island, NY – NJ-CT-PA area for all urban consumers. According to New Jersey Check Cashing Regulation 3:24-4.1, The increase is to 2.27

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Bitcoin Daily: Avanti Preparing To Apply For Banking Charter; NJ Lawmaker Introduces Regulatory Rules On Crypto

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A “future bank” focused solely on providing regulated services for digital assets is preparing to start, according to Coindesk on Monday (Feb. Because trust companies can’t custody securities in the U.S., Called Avanti, the venture is put forward by Caitlin Long, a legislative champion for blockchain and a former Wall Street veteran.

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New Jersey Attorney General sues merchant cash advance providers

CFPB Monitor

LLC, and various Yellowstone subsidiaries and affiliates alleging that the defendants violated the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) and the New Jersey Regulations Governing General Advertising (Advertising Regulations) in connection with marketing and providing merchant cash advances.

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NJ Legislators Propose Tighter Data Privacy Regulations

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The California Consumer Privacy Act went into effect in January, and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) went into effect in 2018. On March 21, retailers doing business in New York State will be faced with a new law regarding data security.

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CFPB representatives to be featured at 20th Annual PLI Consumer Financial Services Institute

CFPB Monitor

The 20 th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute, sponsored by the Practising Law Institute, will take place on April 6-7, 2015 in New York City (and by live webcast and groupcast in Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Mechanicsburg, PA and New Brunswick, NJ) and on April 27-28, 2015 in Chicago.

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New Jersey enacts licensing and other requirements for student loan servicers

CFPB Monitor

On July 30, 2019, Acting New Jersey Governor Sheila Oliver signed into law SB 1149 , which requires student loan servicers to be licensed, creates an Office of the Student Loan Ombudsman within the NJ Department of Banking and Insurance, imposes various requirements, and prohibits certain conduct. Licensing requirement.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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