Troutman Sanders

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

State Activities: On October 30, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed House Bill 568, which automatically exempts emergency relief payments, as defined in the bill, from the creditor process, including garnishments and liens. For more information, click here.

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Collection Industry News

APRIL 11, 2022

I want to make sure my credit report is accurate so I can at least qualify for loans.’. So they started looking at their credit report more, and they found more mistakes,” he said. But a trade group that represents the credit reporting companies questioned the reliability of the CFPB’s complaint reports.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 16, 2023

On October 11, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a new proposed rule to prohibit junk fees, which are hidden and bogus fees that can harm consumers and undercut honest businesses. The FTC has estimated that these fees can cost consumers tens of billions of dollars per year in unexpected costs.

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Nexa Collect

JULY 1, 2020

If you’re not in the habit of checking your credit score every month, you can hire a credit monitoring company to do the tracking for you. To that end, the three consumer credit reporting companies, TransUnion, Equifax and Experian, offer extensive information and assistance to pinpoint the problem on their websites.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 9, 2023

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.

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Better Credit Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

We liken credit repair companies to a plumber: you can spend the time and effort into figuring out how to fix your leak yourself, but if you don’t want the hassle, a pro may be the best option. Legal experts at credit repair companies spend all day every day negotiating with creditors and seeking resolutions to mistakes.

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CSA

MARCH 4, 2021

The level of forbearance provided by our sector has been phenomenal and creditors have provided over 2.7m consumer credit payment holidays to borrowers so far. Setting the Strategy for Bounce Bank Loan Collections? , We will explore what specific changes this entails for public sector collections. Chancellor?s

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Credit Corp

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Why does the credit repair industry exist? As long as data is being collected for credit reports, there’s room for mistakes. They could be the difference in someone qualifying for different credit lines or not. So credit repair, consumer credit and credit bureaus—they’re all tied together.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 2, 2023

This interim final rule will further facilitate the orderly transition of those consumer loans that currently use the LIBOR index to other indices in anticipation of the planned cessation U.S. On April 27, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina M. Brown argued that medical debt “correlates with illness,” not with credit risk.

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