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CFPB Enters Consent Order Against Medical Debt Collector for Alleged FCRA and FDCPA Violations

Troutman Sanders

On June 8, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered a consent order against medical debt collector Phoenix Financial Services for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

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10 Reasons Why You Should Sign Up for Credit Repair Today

Credit Corp

Say Goodbye to Debt Collectors Calls from debt collectors can be annoying at best. If your debt is legitimate, they can continue to call you for years. Originally published December 5th, 2018. The post 10 Reasons Why You Should Sign Up for Credit Repair Today appeared first on Credit.com.

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CFPB Weighs in On the Side of the Debt Collector in FDCPA Dispute Over $0.00 in Interest and Fees

Troutman Sanders

Recently, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed an Amicus Curiae brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit addressing whether a debt collector violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by accurately stating that it is seeking to collect $0.00 COLLECTO, INC. 2:19-cv-18661 (2020)(Case No.

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Bailiffs forced to wear body cameras under new laws

UK debt collections

Bailiffs will be forced to wear body cameras to protect vulnerable people struggling with debt, the Government has announced. The move is aimed at safeguarding households from “rogue” debt collectors who deploy threatening behaviour on their visits to squeeze cash out of families. Instances of Bailiff poor practice.

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Scam Debt Collection Agency Owner receives lengthy Jail sentence

UK debt collections

A Scam Debt Collection Agency Boss has been sent to prison for 4 years and 10 months. The Dodgy Debt Collector took cash payments from clients to help recover money but did so with no intention of collecting what they were owed. This company was wound up in April 2018. Following that disqualification.

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Tenth Circuit Joins the Fray Regarding Whether Foreclosures Are Debt Collection Activity

Consumer Financial Services Law

With the Tenth Circuit’s decision the circuits remain split with the Ninth Circuit and now the Tenth Circuit holding that non-judicial foreclosures are not debt collection activity and the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Circuits holding that they are. Wells Fargo, 2018 U.S. LEXIS 1275 (10 th Cir., In Obduskey v.

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District Court Expands on Pantoja, Finds Collection Letter on Stale Debt to Violate FDCPA for Failure to Include Revival Warning

Consumer Financial Services Law

2017) regarding revival warnings in collections letters on time-barred debt. The ruling resulted in summary judgment as to liability for a certified class of plaintiffs due to a collection agency failing to include a warning that payment could revive the statute of limitations on time barred debt. Midland”), was a debt collector.