Jon Tavares

Senior Compliance Consultant
Jon Tavares - Senior Compliance Consultant

Jon Tavares, JD, LLM, CRCM, NCCO is a Senior Compliance Consultant with the Temenos Compliance Advisory Services team. Having served as Corporate Counsel for a community bank, Compliance Officer at a regional bank, and Regulatory Change Manager at a large bank, Jon brings varied and wide-ranging experience to the team. Jon is knowledgeable in all aspects of banking compliance with an emphasis on advertising, military lending, mortgage, and privacy rules. Jon earned a Bachelor of Arts from San Diego State University and Master of Laws and Juris Doctor degrees from The University of Alabama School of Law. He is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager and NAFCU Certified Compliance Officer.

Latest articles from Jon Tavares

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Supervisory Issues in Debt Collection, Part 2

In recent examinations of debt collectors, the CFPB has identified several violations of the FDCPA and Regulation F. Jon Tavares continues his discussion on these violations and encourages that any entity collecting debts, whether they are collecting debts owed to them or are a third-party debt collector, to take note of the CFPB’s Report.
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The Equal Housing Lender

The Equal Housing Lender logo is almost ubiquitous in financial institution advertising that we almost forget it’s there, but many institutions are not very clear on the requirements for its use.
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Hybrid Prepaid-Credit Cards

Well, this is it gang! We’ve finally reached the end of the Prepaid Rule. Today, I will cover the requirements for hybrid prepaid-credit cards. Let’s start with a few definitions.…