Operation Choke Point

Curtains For Operation Choke Point
Curtains For Operation Choke Point
August 22, 2017  |  Politics

Operation Choke Point has been choked off. According to various sources (including Fox News), the Trump administration’s Justice Department has decided to shut down Operation Choke...

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CLEARR And CHOICE On The Hill, But Not On Payments Regs
CLEARR And CHOICE On The Hill, But Not On Payments Regs
August 22, 2017  |  Regulation

Capitol Hill offers the ultimate horse race. Following who’s up, down, in the running, out of the race and which bills might pass … Why...

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Lawmakers Vote Against ‘Operation Choke Point’
Lawmakers Vote Against ‘Operation Choke Point’
February 08, 2016  |  Regulation

On Thursday (Feb. 4), the United States House of Representatives voted to end the Obama administration’s “Operation Choke Point.” [bctt tweet=”The United States House of...

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Did Operation Choke Point Hurt The Unbanked?
Did Operation Choke Point Hurt The Unbanked?
November 06, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

A former FDIC head has accused the U.S. Justice Department’s Operation Choke Point of being “a serious abuse of government power” that harms the U.S....

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Why The House Opposes FTC Probing Payment Fraud
Why The House Opposes FTC Probing Payment Fraud
October 07, 2014  |  News

The House Banking Committed lended it’s voice to the growing chorus of those calling for the discontinuation of Operation Choke Point–a federal initiative that seeks...

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Payment Processor Porn Pressure
Payment Processor Porn Pressure
October 06, 2014  |  News

Regulation makes strange bedfellows, and possibly none stranger than pornographers and payments processors who have banded together to fight federal legislation that seeks to limit...

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Election Season Could Spur Expansion of Operation Choke Point
Election Season Could Spur Expansion of Operation Choke Point
August 26, 2014  |  News

Operation Choke Point has thrown light on several schisms in how banking is regulated, according to American Banker.   The controversial program is putatively an attempt...

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