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Make Sure to Verify a Debt Collection Affidavit Before Signing

FFGN COLLECT NY

It’s important you verify the information contained in a debt collection affidavit before you sign it. An affidavit is sworn testimony used to support your debt collection case. Chase was one of 13 financial institution censured for robo-signing documents in support of debt collection suits and foreclosure.

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Passage Of Debt Collection Bill Could Be A ‘Slippery Slope’ For Lenders

Collection Industry News

Despite objections from CUNA and NAFCU, the House of Representatives passed the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act on Thursday. In the letter, Nussle stated, “Lenders rely on complete and accurate credit reports when underwriting loans. Source: site. The bill, H.R. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.),

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How To Remove Fairway Collections From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

Are collections accounts weighing heavily on your credit report? While missing a payment on one of your accounts might seem like a minor offense, it can have major consequences on your credit. If you’ve fallen behind on any of your accounts, you could find Fairway Collections on your credit report.

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Total Household Debt Reaches $17.06 Trillion in Q2 2023; Credit Card Debt Exceeds $1 Trillion

Collection Industry News

The report is based on data from the New York Fed’s nationally representative Consumer Credit Panel. Credit card balances increased by $45 billion, from $986 billion in Q1 2023 to a series high of $1.03 About 39,000 individuals had new foreclosure notations on their credit reports, a very small increase from the first quarter.

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Q1 Industry Insights: Consumers Will Consume, Lenders Will Lend, Delinquencies Will Rise

True Accord

The four key trends we’re studying are: resumed foreclosure activity, extensive medical bills, the end of child tax credits and historically high inflation. Add these all together and the financial outlook for consumers, especially those in debt, is scary. But there are silver linings, as well. million U.S.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On January 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected Cboe BZX Exchange’s (BZX) request to list and trade Ark 21Shares, the proposed spot-Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) managed by asset managers ARK Investment Management and 21Shares (collectively hereinafter, the “trust). For more information, click here.

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CFPB Publishes Spring 2021 Rulemaking Agenda

Collection Industry News

The new agenda lists two items as in the “final rule stage”: Debt collection. Due in part to the “societal disruption” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2021, the CFPB issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would extend by 60 days the effective date of Part I and Part II of its final debt collection rule.