AFSA is celebrating Women’s History Month by featuring outstanding female leaders in the consumer credit industry. What has been the most important lesson? Learn to accept feedback constructively and use it to further your personal development. Was there a mentor who provided great insight in your early career? Yes. Fortunately, I had several. They taught […]

On March 13, AFSA’s Senior Vice President, Danielle Arlowe, testified before the District of Columbia’s committee in opposition to DC B25-0609. Why it matters: This bill would opt-out the state from the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (DIDMCA). DIDMCA introduced parity for state banks, stipulating that state-chartered banks with federal insurance […]

Last week, AFSA’s State Government Affairs team sent a comment letter to the West Virginia Senate regarding WV HB 4381 on credit reporting opt-ins. In the letter, AFSA focuses on HB 4381’s mandate that consumers explicitly opt in for each disclosure or sale of their personally identifiable financial information by a credit reporting agency (CRA), […]

Earlier this month, the CFPB responded to a bipartisan Congressional letter seeking the Bureau’s definition of the term “risk to consumer” for certain nonbank entities in the Bureau’s Supervisory Authority. While we appreciate that the CFPB responded, it did not provide substantive clarity on the central question surrounding risk. Interestingly, the CFPB’s initial motive for this rulemaking was […]

AFSA is celebrating Women’s History Month by featuring outstanding female leaders in the consumer credit industry. What has been the most important lesson? I am so grateful for my mother helping me lay the foundation for a strong work ethic. She taught me the importance of being accountable, supporting others, being a team player and […]

AFSA is celebrating Women’s History Month by featuring outstanding female leaders in the consumer credit industry. What has been the most important lesson? As a Human Resources professional, the biggest lesson I learned was to learn all I can about the business and how it runs operationally and financially. Being financially literate, being able to […]

AFSA is celebrating Women’s History Month by featuring outstanding female leaders in the consumer credit industry. I sincerely appreciate AFSA Women’s Leadership Council celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) and Women’s History Month (WHM). I currently Co-Chair the Citi Women’s Network Chapter in the Washington, DC Area, and as we have worked on aligned initiatives this […]

Every minute of downtime lenders experience is expensive—leading to missed payments, high customer service costs and reputational risks. By connecting lenders to multiple merchant processors through a single platform integration, PayNearMe’s SmartSwitch™ facilitates maximum uptime and reliability. The current industry standard for payments platform providers that serve lenders is to connect clients to a single merchant […]

AFSA is celebrating Women’s History Month by featuring outstanding female leaders in the consumer credit industry. What has been the most important lesson?  Embracing my uniqueness. As a woman, it’s essential to recognize and celebrate the qualities that make you stand out. Use those to break barriers fearlessly. Throughout my career, I’ve realized that the path […]

AFSA is celebrating Women’s History Month by featuring outstanding female leaders in the consumer credit industry. What do you wish you of today could have told the younger you about building a career? I wish I could tell my younger self to focus more on building relationships and understanding how leaders make hard decisions. Early […]