CFPB Publishes Report On "Frequent Overdrafters" And Proposes New Overdraft Disclosure Forms

LexisNexis (September 18, 2017, 11:42 AM EDT) -- On August 4, the CFPB published a "data point" report on "frequent overdrafters"—consumers who attempted to overdraw their deposit accounts more than ten times in a 12-month period. Accompanying the report is a new set of overdraft disclosure prototypes designed to improve the model form that banks and credit unions already provide to consumers and have used as part of the opt-in process since 2010. In a comment letter to the CFPB, the American Bankers Association criticizes both the report and the proposed disclosure forms....