The latest edition of the AFSA Today podcast features Ann Carmichael, Vice President of Congressional Affairs at AFSA. Ann analyzes, among other topics, changes in leadership at the important House Financial Services Committee on both sides of the aisle and how that could shape both the future legislative agenda affecting the consumer credit industry and the direction of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. AFSA’s December podcast will feature Philip Bohi, Vice President of Compliance Education at AFSA, discussing the role of compliance in the consumer credit industry and how it impacts AFSA members and their customers.

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at AFSA.

Join us at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 13 for Top Ten Debt Collection Lessons from 2018, presented by AFSA.

Join AFSA on Tuesday December 4 at 2 pm. ET for Optimize your Acquisition Strategy and Elevate Profits, presented by Clarity, a division of Experian.

Bestselling author and motivational speaker Erik Qualman will deliver the keynote address at the 2019 AFSA Vehicle Finance Conference and Expo From January 22-24 at the Hilton San Francisco!

This week the AFSA Education Foundation celebrated National Philanthropy Day. This is a special day set aside each year to recognize the great contributions of philanthropy – and those people active in the philanthropic community – to the enrichment of our lives, our community and our world.

AFSA’s State Government Affairs (SGA) team this week published its series of post-election white papers, which provide relevant election results in state governor races, attorney general races, and state legislatures. In the midterms there were elections for 36 governor’s seats, 30 AG offices, 42 state Senates, and 45 state Houses. Across all levels, Democrats made significant gains. Democrats were able to gain 7 governor’s seats, 4 AG offices, and 6 legislative chambers.

Join us on Tuesday, November 13 at 2 p.m. ET for “Speedpay® Pulse: Consumer Research Reveals Preference for Traditional Payment Options,” presented by Speedpay.

The 2016 midterm elections are history and we now know that the House of Representatives will shift control to the Democrats, while the Senate will have a strengthened Republican majority.

On Nov. 5, AFSA joined several financial institutions in a proposal to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) regarding Accounting Standards Update 2016-13, better known as CECL. CECL, or current expected credit loss, is a new accounting standard that will change how financial institutions account for expected credit losses.