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

Image of a woman swiping her mobile phone's digital wallet.
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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’