4th Quarter - Report

CGCN GROUP, LLC for ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS COALITION

Firm
Client
Income
$90,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

PL 116-260 FY2021 Omnibus Appropriations and COVID Relief and Response Act, Division E: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to credit card interchange. PL 116-283 National Defense Authorization Act for 2021, all provisions relating to interest rates and interchange caps. S 3571 Banking for All Act, all provisions. S 3508 Disaster Protection for Workers Credit Act of 2020, all provisions relating to credit card interchange. Issues pertaining to the creation of a Central Bank for Digital Currency. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 116-136 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Title IV - Economic Stabilization and Assistance to Severely Distressed Sectors of U.S. Economy, all provisions relating to deferral or loan modifications. HR 5050 Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act, all provisions relating to interest rate caps and credit card interchange. Issues pertaining to an Administration memorandum on Congressional Review Act/Cost-Benefit Analysis by individual agencies. HR 2930/S 1389 Loan Shark Prevention Act, all provisions relating to credit rate caps. Issues pertaining to a Consumer Payments Security Act (no number), all provisions. Issues pertaining to the Payment Card Industrys standards-setting. Issues pertaining to possible FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council) regulations on multi-factor authentication. Issues pertaining to possible legislation relating to electronic payment of federal taxes. Issues pertaining to the US regulatory response to the EU General Data Regulatory Protection. Issues pertaining to possible legislation relating to data security. Issues pertaining to Federal Reserve study on payments fraud. Issues pertaining to the EMVCo (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) and the EMV chip cards. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 111-24 Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, all provisions relating to interchange. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions relating to the provisions in Title X-Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to interchange. Issues pertaining to antitrust legislation relating to interchange. Issues pertaining to payment card interchange fee and merchant discount anti-trust litigation. Issues pertaining to The Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act, all provisions relating to debit card interchange. Issues pertaining to Real Time Payments.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVE CLARK —
JAY CRANFORD —
SAM GEDULDIG —
MIKE NIELSEN —
ALEX RENJEL —
SCOTT RIPLINGER —
JOHN STIPICEVIC —
JULIANE C SULLIVAN —
AARON L SZABO —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2930 (116th), H.R. 5050 (116th)

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.