TINA’s Take: INFORM Consumers Act Goes Into Effect
New law aims to provide more transparency to online transactions and to deter online shopping fraud.
In September 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Jovia Financial Credit Union for allegedly misleadingly representing that it charges only one insufficient funds or overdraft fee on a transaction if an account does not have enough funds to cover the transaction when, according to plaintiffs, the credit union routinely charges multiple fees on a single transaction. (Smith et al v. Jovia Financial Credit Union, Case No. 20-cv-4237, S.D.N.Y.)
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New law aims to provide more transparency to online transactions and to deter online shopping fraud.
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