2nd Quarter - Report

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATION for ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATION

Period 2nd Quarter 2026 Filed Jul 20, 2026 Signed by Scott Talbott

Official filing
Firm
ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATION
Client
ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATION
Income
—
Expenses
$550,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Banking BAN

Digital assets, mobile payments, fraud, data security, data storage, open banking, regulatory reform, tax reporting, payments systems, cyber-security, financial services, merchant cash advances, privacy. FinCEN, Harmonizing CIP products; Digital assets, mobile payments, fraud, payment scams, data security, data storage, open banking, regulatory reform, tax reporting, payments systems, currency production/circulation and elimination of the penny, cyber-security, financial services, merchant cash advances, privacy. - S. 2019 TRAPS Act, HR 4936 TRAPS Act - S. 2983 Extending Expired Cybersecurity Authorities - HR 5079 Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act - HR 3074 Common Cents Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK RUSSELL New —
SCOTT EVERETT TALBOTT —

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2983 (119th), H.R. 5079 (119th), S. 2019 (119th), H.R. 3074 (119th), H.R. 4936 (119th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Digital assets, mobile payments, fraud, data security, data storage, open banking, regulatory reform, tax reporting, payments systems, cyber-security, financial services, merchant cash advances, privacy. FinCEN, Harmonizing CIP products; Digital assets, mobile payments, fraud, payment scams, data security, data storage, open banking, regulatory reform, tax reporting, payments systems, cyber-security, financial services, merchant cash advances, privacy. - S. 2019 TRAPS Act, HR 4936 TRAPS Act - S. 2983 Extending Expired Cybersecurity Authorities - HR 5079 Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK RUSSELL New —
SCOTT EVERETT TALBOTT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5079 (119th), H.R. 4936 (119th), S. 2983 (119th), S. 2019 (119th)

Small Business SMB

Digital assets, mobile payments, fraud, data security, data storage, open banking, regulatory reform, tax reporting, payments systems, cyber-security, financial services, merchant cash advances, privacy.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK RUSSELL New —
SCOTT EVERETT TALBOTT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Computer Industry CPI

Artificial Intelligence and Agentic Commerce, Fraud, data security, payments systems, cyber-security, financial services, privacy - AI AGENT Working Draft Legislation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK RUSSELL —
SCOTT EVERETT TALBOTT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.