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A390 • 2025

Requires transmitters of money to provide a certain warning to consumers

Requires transmitters of money to provide a certain warning to consumers

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Albert A. Stirpe
Last action
2026-05-06
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires transmitters of money to provide a certain warning to consumers

Requires transmitters of money to provide a certain warning to consumers Requires transmitters of money to provide a warning which informs consumers of certain fraudulent activities that may occur.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires transmitters of money to provide a certain warning to consumers Requires transmitters of money to provide a warning which informs consumers of certain fraudulent activities that may occur.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-06 Assembly

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO BANKS

  2. 2026-05-06 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 390A

  3. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO BANKS

  4. 2025-01-08 Assembly

    REFERRED TO BANKS

Official Summary Text

Requires transmitters of money to provide a certain warning to consumers
Requires transmitters of money to provide a warning which informs consumers of certain fraudulent activities that may occur.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           390

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. STIRPE, SAYEGH, SANTABARBARA, TAYLOR, WEPRIN,
          BURDICK, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Banks

        AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to  requiring  transmitters
          of money to provide a certain warning to consumers

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The banking law is amended by adding a new section 652-c to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 652-C. REQUIRED WARNING. 1.   A PERSON ENGAGED IN  THE  BUSINESS  OF
     4  RECEIVING  MONEY FOR TRANSMISSION OR TRANSMITTING MONEY BY WIRE OR ELEC-
     5  TRONIC TRANSFER WHICH, AT THE REQUEST OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IN-PERSON, BY
     6  TELEPHONE OR ELECTRONIC MEANS TRANSMITS FUNDS TO ANOTHER  PERSON,  BUSI-
     7  NESS OR ENTITY, SHALL:
     8    (A)  PROVIDE  A CLEAR, CONCISE, AND CONSPICUOUS CONSUMER FRAUD WARNING
     9  PRIOR TO INITIATING THE MONEY TRANSFER  TRANSACTION  AND  ON  ALL  FUNDS
    10  TRANSFER FORMS USED BY CONSUMERS TO SEND MONEY TO AN INDIVIDUAL;
    11    (B)  PROVIDE  ANNUAL  CONSUMER  FRAUD  PREVENTION  TRAINING FOR AGENTS
    12  INVOLVED WITH FUNDS TRANSFERS;
    13    (C) MONITOR AGENT ACTIVITY RELATING TO CONSUMER FUNDS TRANSFERS; AND
    14    (D) ESTABLISH A TOLL-FREE NUMBER FOR CONSUMERS TO CALL TO REPORT FRAUD
    15  OR SUSPECTED FRAUD AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO STOP A TRANSFER.
    16    2. THE WARNING REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY  TO  AN  ELEC-
    17  TRONIC  FUNDS  TRANSFER  IN  WHICH FUNDS ARE NOT TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY TO
    18  ANOTHER PERSON AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE USE.
    19    3. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  PUNISHABLE
    20  BY  A  CIVIL  PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE
    21  FIRST VIOLATION AND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    23  it shall have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01505-01-5