[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 69232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26562]


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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION

[Docket No. CFPB-2021-0017]


Notice and Request for Comment Regarding the CFPB's Inquiry Into 
Big Tech Payment Platforms

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

ACTION: Notice; request for comment; re-opening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On October 21, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau 
or CFPB) ordered six large technology companies operating payments 
systems in the United States to provide information about certain of 
their business practices. Accompanying the orders, the Director of the 
Bureau issued a statement and invited interested parties to comment on 
the inquiry. The statement and request for comment was published in the 
Federal Register on November 5, 2021, in a document titled, ``Notice 
and Request for Comment Regarding the CFPB's Inquiry Into Big Tech 
Payment Platforms.'' The Bureau has determined that a re-opening of the 
comment period until December 21, 2021, is appropriate.

DATES: The end of the comment period for the document titled, ``Notice 
and Request for Comment Regarding the CFPB's Inquiry Into Big Tech 
Payment Platforms,'' published on November 5, 2021 (86 FR 61182), is 
reopened from December 6, 2021, until December 21, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the methods identified in 
the notice.\1\
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    \1\ See 86 FR 61182 (Nov. 5, 2021).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Zirkle, Program Manager for 
Payments & Deposits, (202) 435-7505. If you require this document in an 
alternative electronic format, please contact 
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[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 21, 2021, the Bureau ordered six 
large technology companies operating payments systems in the United 
States to provide information about certain of their business 
practices. The information will help the CFPB better understand how 
these firms use personal payments data and manage data access to users 
so the Bureau can ensure adequate consumer protection. Accompanying the 
orders, the Director of the Bureau issued a statement and invited 
interested parties to comment on the inquiry. The statement and request 
for comment that published in the Federal Register stated that the 
comment period would close on December 6, 2021. Allowing an additional 
comment period will provide additional opportunity for the public to 
prepare comments related to this inquiry. Therefore, the Bureau is re-
opening the comment period for this request until December 21, 2021. 
The Bureau will also accept any comments that arrive between the time 
the original comment period closed on December 6, 2021, and December 7, 
2021.

Rohit Chopra,
Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
[FR Doc. 2021-26562 Filed 12-3-21; 4:15 pm]
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