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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

The CFPB further alleged that the defendants made guarantees about lowering consumerscredit card interest rates. The defendants also pitched a credit card debt elimination service, and alleged that they could access funds from the government or from a lawsuit against the credit card industry to pay off consumerscredit card debt.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Senate Committee on Banking held a full committee hearing, titled “Oversight of the Credit Reporting Agencies.” Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) described consumer credit reports as “riddled with errors.” Brown argued that medical debt “correlates with illness,” not with credit risk. On April 27, the U.S.