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HR 2911 110th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Bank accounts Commerce Consumer protection Credit cards Debit cards Electronic funds transfers Evidence (Law) Law Liability (Law) Science, Technology, Communications

Electronic Funds Transfer Equal Consumer Protection Act

Introduced: June 28, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jun 28, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Electronic Funds Transfer Equal Consumer Protection Act - Amends the the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to treat as an error any electronic fund transfer affecting the customer's account regarding a transaction for goods or services not accepted by or not delivered to the customer, or not in accordance with the agreement made at the time of the transaction.

Redefines electronic fund transfer to cover any transaction initiated through an electronic terminal, telephonic instrument, or computer, including transactions initiated through the use of a check card or a debit card.

Revises requirements for a financial institution's discretionary provisional recredit of a consumer's account after receiving notice of an error. Makes such a provisional recredit mandatory, within one business day after receipt of such a notice.

Revises requirements for prompt resolution of errors to authorize a financial institution to require a consumer to submit written confirmation of an oral error notice before it recredits provisionally the consumer's account.

What's happening now June 28, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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