{"abstract":"The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is amending Regulation E, which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act, and the official interpretations to those regulations. This rulemaking relates to a final rule published in the Federal Register on November 22, 2016, as amended on April 25, 2017, regarding prepaid accounts under Regulations E and Z. The Bureau is finalizing modifications to several aspects of that rule, including with respect to error resolution and limitations on liability for prepaid accounts where the financial institution has not successfully completed its consumer identification and verification process; application of the rule's credit-related provisions to digital wallets that are capable of storing funds; certain other clarifications and minor adjustments; technical corrections; and an extension of the overall effective date to April 1, 2019.","action":"Final rule; official interpretation; delay of effective date.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2018/02/13/2018-01305.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1005,"title":12},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1026,"title":12}],"citation":"83 FR 6364","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The amendments in this final rule are effective on April 1, 2019. The effective date of the final rule published on November 22, 2016 (81 FR 83934), as delayed on April 25, 2017 (82 FR 18975), is further delayed from April 1, 2018 to April 1, 2019. The effective date of the final rule published on April 25, 2017 (82 FR 18975), is delayed from April 1, 2018 to April 1, 2019. The effective date for the addition of Sec. 1005.19(b), published on November 22, 2016 (81 FR 83934), as confirmed on April 25, 2017 (82 FR 18975), is delayed from October 1, 2018 to April 1, 2019.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. CFPB-2017-0015"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2018-01305","effective_on":"2019-04-01","end_page":6449,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2018/02/13/2018-01305.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/13/2018-01305/rules-concerning-prepaid-accounts-under-the-electronic-fund-transfer-act-regulation-e-and-the-truth","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2018-01305?publication_date=2018-02-13","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2018-02-13/2018-01305/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":86,"page_views":{"count":10866,"last_updated":"2026-07-28 02:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-02-13/pdf/2018-01305.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-01305.pdf?1518443126","publication_date":"2018-02-13","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2018/02/13/2018-01305.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"3170-AA72":{"issue":"201710","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/3170-AA72/rules-concerning-prepaid-accounts-under-the-electronic-fund-transfer-act-regulation-e-and-the-truth-","title":"Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201710&RIN=3170-AA72&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["3170-AA72"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/3170-AA72/rules-concerning-prepaid-accounts-under-the-electronic-fund-transfer-act-regulation-e-and-the-truth-","title":"Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)"},"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=CFPB-2017-0015","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"CFPB-2017-0015","regulation_id_number":"3170-AA72","title":"Amendments to Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2018-03-05T11:00:15Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":6364,"subtype":null,"title":"Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)","toc_doc":"Prepaid Accounts Under Electronic Fund Transfer Act and Truth in Lending Act","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Advertising","Consumer protection","Credit","Credit unions","Electronic funds transfers","Mortgages","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Savings associations"],"type":"Rule","volume":83}