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Global Head of Policy @Plaid. Previously @CFPB. Views my own.
Oct 23, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
Excellent paper by @_MurphysLaw_ and @jentescher on 1033 rule. "62% believe their bank should be required to share their personal data with another company (such as a fintech provider) if the consumer directs it to do so, across age, gender, education, ethnicity, and income." "Support for data portability in financial services is also bipartisan, with majorities of self-identified Democrats, Republicans, and Independents in favor of it." Political lay up y'all.
Jul 12, 2021 31 tweets 7 min read
1/30 Twitter is the theory that @john_piazzaIV and @whartonfintech know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard (h/t H.L. Mencken). Which means it’s time for a thread on the EO and 1033 2/30 Friday I said this is a BFD. After actually reading, it’s a VBFD. Weird because if you asked me what it actually DOES re 1033 the honest answer is …
Sep 9, 2020 13 tweets 4 min read
I need to tell you all about my sister Sarah, the badass below. She was biking home in Brooklyn early Monday morning, hit by a bus, and killed. But I want to talk about her life. For the last 2.5 years Sarah worked in appeals for @BrooklynDA where her passion was sentencing reform. She traveled New York visiting people in prison, and often people got parole and a second chance at life because of Sarah. DA's statement here: