Better Credit Blog

AUGUST 22, 2020

If you have a debt that you haven’t paid yet, you may have heard from a debt collector called CCS Offices. CCS Offices is a company that collects debts on behalf of original creditor. They do this by either purchasing the debt or collecting the payments and taking a portion for themselves. Dealing With CCS Offices.

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Troutman Sanders

JUNE 14, 2023

On June 8, the CFPB acted against a medical debt collector for numerous debt collection and credit reporting violations. In at least thousands of cases, the debt collector continued to attempt to collect on a debt that was not substantiated after a consumer disputed the validity of the debt.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 5, 2022

On May 2, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its Supervisory Highlights report on legal violations discovered during examinations in the second half of 2021. The CFPB reports that this seems to happen most often with creditors’ acquisitions of pre-existing credit card accounts from other creditors.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

AUGUST 31, 2016

Joining the proof of claim fray, the Fourth Circuit has held that the filing of a time barred proof of claim does not violate the FDCPA when the statute of limitations does not extinguish the debt. Atlas Acquisitions, No. 15-1495, 2016 U.S. LEXIS, *22-23 (4 th Cir.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

OCTOBER 17, 2016

LVNV in which it not only supported its position in Crawford but expanded it by addressing the issue left unanswered in Crawford : whether the Bankruptcy Code preempts the FDCPA where the debt collector files a proof of claim on a debt it knows to be time barred. Atlas Acquisitions , No. MidlandFunding , LLC, C.A.

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Collection Industry News

MAY 9, 2022

On May 2, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its Supervisory Highlights report on legal violations discovered during examinations in the second half of 2021. The CFPB reports that this seems to happen most often with creditors’ acquisitions of pre-existing credit card accounts from other creditors.

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FDCPA Defense

MAY 6, 2014

The CFPB does not want debt collectors to tell consumers that paying their debts might help them to improve their credit score. Nor does the CFPB want collectors to encourage consumers to pay by informing them that their failure to do so might harm their credit. Financial Credit Corp. MKM Acquisitions, LLC , 241 F.

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Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 26, 2021

Uejio currently serves as the chief strategy officer, and he previously served as the acting deputy chief of staff and lead for talent acquisition. The CFPB has been tasked with making sure that financial rules are followed and safeguarding consumers, as well as regulating the reverse mortgage industry at the national level.

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