When Could Women Open a Bank Account? It wasn’t until 1974, when the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed, that women in the U.S. were granted the right to open a bank account on their own.

Data privacy is important for a bevy reasons. To begin, it's simply no one's business. I keep a portion of my emergency fund in a savings account at a bank in which I do no other business with.

Last week, federal Judge Christopher Cooper found the Department of Government Efficiency was likely subject to comply with public disclosure laws, which includes Freedom of Information Act requests.

Twenty years ago, conventional wisdom was that one could learn more about a person from his or her financial transactional history than any other way. Today, that notion seems quaint, as a tech ...

Under the Bank Secrecy Act, federal authorities can turn any bank account into a window on our private spending. But that may soon change. A family business in Texas, represented by Pacific Legal ...

It turns out the federal government has conducted tons of these warrantless searches—more than 200,000 in 2022 alone—of Americans’ phone calls, emails, and texts.

The Federal Home Loan Bank Act was a 1932 legislation aimed at promoting homeownership by providing low-cost funds to member banks for mortgage lending. What Is the Federal Home Loan Bank Act?

Waiving such rights is against Republic Act No. 10173, enacted in 2012, which aims to protect the privacy of personal information in the government and private sectors as well as govern the ...

David Seymour v John Campbell: Act leader turns camera on broadcaster 22 Jun 10:07 AM Campbell asks if interview is 'weaponised'; Act says it's giving viewers the full picture.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) now has the authority to access and share financial account information without violating bank secrecy or data privacy laws, as part of its expanded investigative ...