Financial Forward: The Future of Consumer Finance & Banking
McCarthy Hatch
36 episodes
3 weeks ago
Send us a text Episode Summary Amy — a retired Texas teacher living on a fixed income — whose protected retirement funds were swept from her bank account to satisfy an old, likely time-barred credit-card judgment. By filing a detailed complaint with the CFPB and notifying both the collector and the bank that the funds were protected under Texas law, Amy triggered a reversal and got her money back. The episode explores why precision in language matters, what ‘protected funds’ and ‘time-barred ...
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Send us a text Episode Summary Amy — a retired Texas teacher living on a fixed income — whose protected retirement funds were swept from her bank account to satisfy an old, likely time-barred credit-card judgment. By filing a detailed complaint with the CFPB and notifying both the collector and the bank that the funds were protected under Texas law, Amy triggered a reversal and got her money back. The episode explores why precision in language matters, what ‘protected funds’ and ‘time-barred ...
CFPB vs. FirstCash – Military Lending Enforcement & What Comes Next
Financial Forward: The Future of Consumer Finance & Banking
41 minutes
3 months ago
CFPB vs. FirstCash – Military Lending Enforcement & What Comes Next
Send us a text “FirstCash, the CFPB, and Military Lending Protections: A Follow-Up to Our Service Member Panel” Release Date: July 2025 🔍 Episode Overview In this special follow-up episode of Financial Forward, host Jim McCarthy revisits the critical topic of military financial protections in the wake of a major enforcement action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Since the airing of our original Service Member Panel, the CFPB reached a $9 million settlement with FirstCash,...
Financial Forward: The Future of Consumer Finance & Banking
Send us a text Episode Summary Amy — a retired Texas teacher living on a fixed income — whose protected retirement funds were swept from her bank account to satisfy an old, likely time-barred credit-card judgment. By filing a detailed complaint with the CFPB and notifying both the collector and the bank that the funds were protected under Texas law, Amy triggered a reversal and got her money back. The episode explores why precision in language matters, what ‘protected funds’ and ‘time-barred ...
