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Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)

Better Credit Blog

Debt collectors are notorious for harassing consumers when they seek repayment, calling excessively and threatening to take actions that may not be legal. What you may not know is that you are protected by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), a law designed to keep third-party debt collectors in check when they contact you.

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How To Remove Account Control Technology From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

Account Control Technology is a debt collector, and if they’re contacting you, it means you probably let a payment slip through the cracks. Confronting a collections agency about your debt can be stressful, especially when you’re receiving countless calls and constant messages from them. Healthcare debt.

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How To Remove Account Control Technology From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

Account Control Technology is a debt collector, and if they’re contacting you, it means you probably let a payment slip through the cracks. Confronting a collections agency about your debt can be stressful, especially when you’re receiving countless calls and constant messages from them. Healthcare debt.

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How To Remove Resurgent Capital Services From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

Your credit score has more of an impact on your life than you might realize, often acting as the deciding factor when you want to buy a house, purchase a car with financing, or get a student loan. If Resurgent Capital Services is on your credit report as a collections entry, it’s important to get them deleted, ASAP.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Federal Activities: On December 22, President Joe Biden announced that the pause on federal student loan repayments would be extended for an additional 90 days through May 1, 2022. State Activities. Privacy and Cybersecurity Activities. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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How To Remove McCarthy Burgess & Wolff From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

Though they collect from debtors across the nation, their headquarters are in Cleveland, Ohio. Unlike service providers or banks that may appear on your credit report, MB&W is a debt collection agency. Collections consulting. Here’s how: Submit a debt validation letter. Submit a Debt Validation Letter.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Department of Education’s decision to terminate its federal student loan contracts with private collection agencies. State Activities: On December 15, the New York Department of Financial Services released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for third-party debt collectors and debt buyers.