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Employers Need Education on Student Loan Garnishments

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While still a few months off on the horizon, the date on which individuals with unpaid student loans may start seeing their paychecks and bank accounts garnished is approaching.

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CFPB Fines BofA $10M for Improper Garnishments

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced an enforcement action against Bank of America, in which the nation’s second-largest financial institution will pay a fine of $10 million after it was accused of unlawfully garnishing $592,000 from its customers’ bank accounts.

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Judge Grants Judgment for Defendant in FDCPA Case Over Garnishment from Joint Bank Account

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Maine Enacts Law Raising Garnishment Protections

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By virtue of not vetoing it, a new law has been enacted in Maine that expands the protections consumers will have with respect to garnishments, including for the first time, funds that consumers have in their bank accounts.

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Garnish-mentions

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As we turn our attention to another episode of “All My Garnishments” there have been a number of developments aimed at keeping debt collectors from garnishing the economic stimulus funds that are now being deposited into the bank accounts of consumers nationwide.

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CFPB Orders Bank of America to Pay $10 Million Penalty for Illegal Garnishments

Consumer Finance

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized an enforcement action against Bank of America for processing illegal, out-of-state garnishment orders against its customers’ bank accounts.

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Toomey Blocks Anti-Garnishment Legislation From Moving Forward in Senate

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Previously, on “All My Garnishments” we saw several characters rush to protect the economic stimulus funds that have started landing in consumers’ bank accounts from being garnished by big, bad debt collectors. In today’s episode, Sen. Pat Toomey [R-Penn.], Pat Toomey [R-Penn.],