Grateful to The Aspen Institute #FSP for lifting up the need for greater benefits interoperability. As our comment letter to the CFPB said, "Propel strongly encourages the Bureau to ensure that EBT account holders are afforded the same rights and protections under the forthcoming Section 1033 rule as wealthier consumers."
Love to see The Aspen Institute #FSP digging deeper into the need to more closely integrate public & workplace benefits. This is reflective of the work we do at Propel, Inc & www.JoinProviders.com. We can improve #FinancialSecurity by ensuring low-income households don't get 2nd class treatment from the government==> "...Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards, which have differing features and consumer protections compared to mainstream financial products, making them difficult to access or more susceptible to problems like fraud. For instance, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed rulemaking on Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which would provide consumers with greater access and control of their own financial data, does not currently include EBT cards."