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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On June 8, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a default judgment against a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) Ooki Dao in the U.S. with operating its crypto asset trading platform as an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency. For more information, click here.

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Credit Services Association urges policy-makers to back tailored forbearance

CSA

A leading trade association is urging policy-makers to take extra care before prescribing detailed forbearance schemes that could make a customer?s s debt problems worse not better. Report author Daniel Spenceley, CSA Compliance Manager, says the ?Breathing Breathing Space?

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Federal Activities: On December 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a series of orders to five companies offering “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) credit. The CFPB is concerned about accumulating debt, regulatory arbitrage, and data harvesting in a consumer credit market already quickly changing with technology.

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What is CBNA On My Credit Report?

Better Credit Blog

However, there are other institutions that uses the acronym CBNA on credit reports. Here are some other establishments that CBNA could stand for: Credit Bureau of North America: The Credit Bureau of North America is a collection agency that collects unpaid debts on behalf of third-party companies.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On October 31, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is taking action against an education technology provider for its lax data security practices that exposed sensitive information about millions of its customers and employees, including Social Security numbers, email addresses, and passwords. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Federal Activities: On September 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its fifth biennial report to Congress on the consumer credit card market, finding that the market’s growth over the last few years reversed course in 2020. On September 28, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina M.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On May 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a permanent ban from debt relief telemarketing for operators of debt relief scam. The FTC charged the defendants with taking tens of millions of dollars from people by falsely promising to eliminate or substantially reduce their credit card debt. For more information, click here.