The AFSA Extra Credit Podcast Industry Icon series continues, featuring outstanding female leaders in the consumer credit industry. This episode features Suzi Straffon, Director, Finance Company Markets with Allied Solutions

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Today, AFSA, with several other trade associations, submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) v. Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA).

The brief argues in … Read the rest

This spring, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a proposed Statement of Policy Regarding Prohibition on Abusive Acts or Practices. 

While the Statement is meant to produce “clearer and simpler guidance,” it instead… Read the rest

Last week, AFSA’s SGA team published it’s July white paper looking at retail bad debt.

Under retail bad statutes, the financial institution is entitled to a tax credit or deduction for the amount of the sales tax remitted but unpaid… Read the rest

The featued Business Partner for the month of July is Hudson Cook.

Established in 1997, Hudson Cook, LLP focuses its practice on laws related to financial services, banking and information privacy. In addition to the regulatory compliance… Read the rest

AFSA member companies are generally very good at marketing their own products and services. What about your company? Are you telling prospective hires and current employees why they should work with you? Terri Horn, Managing Director with… Read the rest

Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, the cloud-native technology platform at the heart of the world’s most progressive auto and equipment finance companies, has published a new paper on SaaS and cloud services.

Cloud Services: Finding Success… Read the rest

AFSA conferences are full of great sessions, but we have plenty of networking opportunities for attendees, too.

You can start your Annual Meeting week with the welcome reception on Monday, build some momentum on Tuesday morning running and… Read the rest

Last week, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of committee by a vote of 58-1.  AFSA has long worked with both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to ensure that harmful… Read the rest

AFSA sent a letter to Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Chair Steve Womack (R-AR) encouraging him to include language in the committee’s appropriations bill. The language would prevent the Federal Trade Commission… Read the rest