“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”                                                                                                      – Maya Angelou Tomorrow we mark Juneteenth, a reminder of the challenging and worthy work our society must undertake for justice and healing. Given the reckoning that has been underway in America over the past […]

On June 14, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 3510. Effective September 1, the new law will allow employees of companies licensed by the Texas Finance Commission—which include vehicle finance companies, traditional installment lenders, and mortgage lenders—to work remotely from licensed locations, provided certain requirements are met.   AFSA’s Work from Home initiative was pivotal to the success of this legislation, which is the […]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued an interpretive rule that justifies its decision to resume its examination for Military Lending Act issues at regulated financial institutions. During the last administration, the CFPB stepped back from Military Lending Act examinations, as this law was not among the enumerated consumer financial protection laws that the CFPB was authorized to enforce when the […]