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Overdraft Fees Electronic Fund Transfer Act Financial Institutions

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: September 2024

The FDIC, OCC, and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have coordinated the release of new policies that will govern each agency’s consideration of bank merger transactions. The FDIC and OCC each published final statements of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Reminds Financial Institutions to Retain Records of Affirmative Consent for Overdraft Opt-in

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On September 17, 2024, the CFPB issued Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-05 on improper overdraft practices. The circular reminded financial institutions of their obligation to retain records that prove the consumer...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Issues Circular, Curbing Improper Overdraft Fees

On September 17, the CFPB issued a circular stating that financial institutions can be found liable for violating the Electronic Funds Transfer Act by charging overdraft fees if the there is no proof of consumers’ affirmative...more

Troutman Pepper

CFPB Releases New Circular on Opt-In Requirements for Overdraft Services

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On September 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published Circular 2024-05 (Circular) addressing whether a financial institution violates the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and Regulation E by...more

Kaufman & Canoles

CFPB Proposes New Rule on Overdraft Practices

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On January 18, 2024, the CFPB proposed an extensive (211-page) rule on overdraft practices applicable to Financial Institutions (FIs) of $10 billion or more in assets (so called “very large FIs”). The proposed rule would not...more

Burr & Forman

Eleventh Circuit Affirms That Banks Must Use Unambiguous Language When Disclosing Methods For Assessing Overdraft Fees

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In Carol Tims v. LGE Community Credit Union, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a credit union’s account agreement with one of its customers was ambiguous about which account balance calculation the bank would...more

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