CFPB proposes rule to supervise general-use digital consumer payment apps

Move aims to establish oversight of big tech companies and other providers of digital wallets and payment apps.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed a rule that would establish the CFPB’s supervisory authority over certain nonbank covered people participating in a market for “general-use digital consumer payment applications.”

The proposed market would include providers of funds transfer and wallet functionalities through digital applications for consumers’

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