Amanda Tuckey

Treasury’s FIO Launches New Partnership with the NSF on Terrorism & Catastrophic Cyber Risks

This week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) hosted the 2024 International Forum of Terrorism Risk (Re)Insurance Pools (IFTRIP) Annual Conference. IFTRIP is a forum of...

Global Banking Regulators Target Mismanagement in Handling Risks from Clients

Global banking regulators on Tuesday proposed stricter standards for banks when assessing risks from customers to avoid the mismanagement highlighted by the collapse of Archegos, and episodes of volatility in...

May 3: Recent CFPB Activities

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) is responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. CFPB’s jurisdiction includes credit unions, banks, securities firms, payday lenders, mortgage-servicing operations, foreclosure relief services,...

TransUnion Report: 2024 State of Omnichannel Fraud

Trends and insights for enabling trusted commerce Global digital transaction growth following the pandemic pushed fraud to new heights in 2023. Identity-based fraud is accelerating as cybercriminals harvest more stolen...

News Klarna to launch credit card offering in the US “over the next few months”

Following successful debuts in Europe, Swedish buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna is now preparing to extend its credit card offering to consumers in the US. Klarna Card to launch in...

CFPB Takes Action to Stop Illegal Junk Fees in Mortgage Servicing

Homeowners forced to pay for “services” that were prohibited or unauthorized. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today published an edition of Supervisory Highlights describing the agency’s actions to combat junk fees...

Police Bust Cybercrime Phishing Subscription Network

Police have arrested 37 members of a criminal gang that operated a phish-for-subcription Website that duped up to 70,000 UK victims into entering their bank details at fraudulent internet sites....

NCUA Board Approves Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Records Retention

The National Credit Union Administration Board held its third open meeting of 2024 and unanimously approved an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that solicits stakeholder comments on ways the agency can improve...

April 19: Recent CFPB Activities

PUBLISHED APR 17, 2024 CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred for Deceiving Students and Hiding Loan Costs The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an order...

Learn How to Stop Hackers from Exploiting Hidden Identity Weaknesses

We all know passwords and firewalls are important, but what about the invisible threats lurking beneath the surface of your systems? Identity Threat Exposures (ITEs) are like secret tunnels for...

CFPB Finds Violations of Credit Report Accuracy Requirements, Including for Survivors of Human Trafficking

Examiners also found furnishers failed to correct false information and reported fraudulent information. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an edition of Supervisory Highlights to share key findings from recent...

Building the CDFI Sector in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico’s community development financial institution (CDFI) sector has grown 15-fold over the last decade following a collaboration that brought together leaders from government, community development finance, and Puerto Rico’s...