This week, AFSA’s State Government Affairs (SGA) team sent a letter commenting on a recent rulemaking by the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) on third-party debt collection rules. The DFS’ new rules would make significant changes to existing rules, including debt validation requirements and new restrictions on communicating with consumers. In the letter, […]

Yesterday, AFSA completed a Request For Information from the House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth regarding policy areas that can help close the prosperity gap in the United States. AFSA’s comments focused on the impact of its Education Foundation, which has successfully promoted quality personal finance courses for teachers, students, and […]

If we’re in Vegas, it can mean only one thing: outstanding headline acts! And the 2022 Vehicle Finance Conference & Expo will not disappoint. Keynote Speaker Jon Taffer Sponsored by FIS Jon Taffer is an award-winning hospitality expert, entrepreneur and thought leader with nearly 40 years of success in the entertainment, hospitality and nightlife industries. He is perhaps best […]

Join us on February 24 at 2:00 p.m. for Digital Retail Done the Right Way, presented by NetSol. This webinar will focus on customer centricity as the North Star to creating a digital retail platform for the mobility ecosystem. You’ll learn how your business can leap-frog current lead generators, transform the customer experience without neglecting stakeholder needs, us end-to-end […]

On February 7, AFSA responded to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) supplemental rulemaking further amending the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (Safeguards Rule). A provision of the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), which among other things, requires financial institutions (FIs) to provide customers with information regarding institutions’ privacy practices and customer opt-out rights, the Safeguards […]

AFSA was saddened to learn of the passing of Cheslie Kryst on January 30th. Ms. Kryst was an important voice on diversity, equity and inclusion, and her voice and leadership were an extension of her remarkable life story and her career.   Ms. Kryst served as the Diversity Advisor with Poyner Spruill, was the 2019 Miss […]

Yesterday, President Biden’s three nominees to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors testified before the Senate Banking Committee on a variety of financial service-related topics, including the ability for consumers to access small-dollar credit. During the hearing, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) asked Fed nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin why she had previously endorsed legislation […]

This week, outgoing FDIC Chairman and past AFSA Annual Meeting speaker Jelena McWilliams wrote a response letter to Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) regarding the measures her office has taken to remediate the effects of Operation Choke Point. AFSA commends Ms. McWilliams for the time and effort she and the FDIC have expended to end the […]

Join AFSA’s Senior Vice Presidents for Federal and State Affairs, Celia Winslow and Danielle Arlowe as they share their insights on federal and state legislative and regulatory matters, update policy trends, and predict what will take place this year in Washington and in state capitols across the country.

As Bishop Desmond Tutu said, “My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” Black History Month highlights the deep, rich legacy of African Americans that is so much of the binding of our nation’s heritage. Our ongoing commitment to focusing on these accomplishments – as well as a renewed […]