AFSA was pleased to welcome members and friends back for the 2021 Independents Conference & Expo. Virtual attendees were also able to tune in to the conference session via the AFSA LIVE(stream) sponsored by REPAY.

• A variety of boards,

In this episode of the AFSA Extra Credit Podcast we talk with Mark Decker, Director of Business Systems Analysis with the Auto Group at FIS.

As we come out of the pandemic, many businesses may be thinking of upcoming projects that were either … Read the rest

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced this week the first monthly payments of the newly expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) is set to begin in July.

As part of the March stimulus package signed by President… Read the rest

This week, Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) Notarization Act. The bipartisan would expand the usage of Remote Online Notarizations … Read the rest

AFSA and Joint Trades yesterday wrote a letter to Congress in support of pre-dispute arbitration clauses and against the “Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act”, a bill which would effectively ban such provisions in private contracts.… Read the rest

Today, AFSA wrote to the Small Business Administration (SBA) asking that it clarify that finance companies are eligible for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness. “AFSA’s members, like so many businesses across the country,… Read the rest

Join Nelly Meyer, Regional Sales Director and Doug Reynolds, Regional Sales Director, both with Paymentus on May 20 at 2:00 p.m. ET for How to Collect Faster Payments while Increasing Your Consumer Satisfaction, presented by Paymentus.… Read the rest

The AFSA Events mobile app is your connectionto up-to-datee information for the 2021 Independents Conference & Expo, whether in-person or from your office!

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Yesterday, the House Financial Service Committee advanced a slate of six bills on a party-line vote to address perceived discrimination in the consumer financial marketplace, expand corporate disclosures, and establish language preferences… Read the rest

AFSA members Prabir Chakrabarty, vice president and associate general at Mariner Finance and Kristen Miller, vice president, general counsel and compliance officer with Global Lending Services appear on the latest edition of the Auto … Read the rest