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Successors by Merger May Not be Debt Collectors

Consumer Financial Services Law

A recent decision from a Louisiana district court should provide some comfort to banks and other financial institutions who acquire other entities by merger – at least in the Fifth Circuit, they are not debt collectors. As most know, Bank of America (BoA) acquired Countrywide Bank FSB and its mortgage portfolio in 2008. In Jackson v.

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Explained: The Adrenaline-Driven Rise to GameStop Stock

Credit Corp

They embarked on new initiatives, including the acquisition of Spring Mobile in 2013. During the 2008 financial crisis downturn, banks were giving loans to anyone to make more and more money while selling mortgages to poor credit individuals. The company had bet on making money by buying smartphone stores.

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Financial Inclusion Using Analytics

Fico Collections

are part of this program, where FICO Scores used by financial institutions are shared with consumers for free. Then, again, with our FICO ® Score Open Access program that we launched in 2013. Hundreds of lenders in the U.S. Sally holds a B.A. in statistics from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Our bank and loan servicing clients also face novel challenges affecting their industry due to COVID-19, particularly the ever-changing rules and regulations concerning evictions and foreclosures. The sum total in December of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. For more information, click here.