To deliver a better user experience for all AFSA digital properties, we are upgrading Protech, the association management database, from July 12 through the 14th. The Protech system also controls Afsaonline.org login authentication. As a result, the following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: Member Login AFSA Communities Members-only Documents AFSA*Track Access Member […]

This episode of the AFSA Extra Credit Podcast is the second edition of our 50-state series, where we’ll be asking questions of financial services regulators around the country. We’ll make our way through all 50 states getting to know the regulators that are part of our industry. Today, Danielle Fagre Arlowe, Senior Vice President and […]

Last week, Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) introduced the bipartisan SECURE Notarization Act (H.R. 3962). The bipartisan would expand the usage of Remote Online Notarizations (RONs), enabling businesses and consumers to execute critical documents using two-way audiovisual communication in different physical locations. Earlier this month, AFSA joined a broad array of trade […]

“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”                                                                                                      – Maya Angelou Tomorrow we mark Juneteenth, a reminder of the challenging and worthy work our society must undertake for justice and healing. Given the reckoning that has been underway in America over the past […]

On June 14, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 3510. Effective September 1, the new law will allow employees of companies licensed by the Texas Finance Commission—which include vehicle finance companies, traditional installment lenders, and mortgage lenders—to work remotely from licensed locations, provided certain requirements are met.   AFSA’s Work from Home initiative was pivotal to the success of this legislation, which is the […]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued an interpretive rule that justifies its decision to resume its examination for Military Lending Act issues at regulated financial institutions. During the last administration, the CFPB stepped back from Military Lending Act examinations, as this law was not among the enumerated consumer financial protection laws that the CFPB was authorized to enforce when the […]

Join us on June 24 at 2:00 p.m. ET for Considerations for a Digital Decisioning Infrastructure, presented by FICO. Digital decisioning moves you to act — to take the next step before you know that step exists — by showing you the bigger picture of your business, your products, and your customers. In this webinar, our […]

To deliver a better user experience for all AFSA’s digital properties, we will begin upgrading Protech, its association management database, from July 12 through the 14th. The Protech system also controls Afsaonline.org login authentication – as a result there will be several areas of the AFSA website that will not be accessible during the maintenance […]

New data finds that 65 percent of personal loans to consumers with non-prime credit scores (less than 650 FICO score) in 2020 were made by consumer finance companies. This is more than double the number of loans issued to these borrowers by credit unions (22%) and traditional banks (13%). At the same time, banks and […]

AFSA’s featured Business Partner for June is FIS. We asked them a few questions about the value of their business partner membership and the issues they’re facing. Learn more at FISglobal.com.   What are your financial services clients telling you are their biggest challenges and opportunities for 2021? We’re in a unique period in the […]