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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.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On October 25, the CFPB released its biennial report to Congress on the consumer credit card market. The report found that in 2022 credit card companies charged consumers more than $105 billion in interest and more than $25 billion in fees. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Freedom Debt Relief Review

Better Credit Blog

This is why many people engage the services of a debt relief agency. TransUnion calculates that paying off $5,000 of credit card debt at the minimum rate costs $10,000 in interest. The fees you can expect to pay for Freedom Debt Relief’s services range from 15–25%. National Debt Relief vs. Freedom Debt Relief.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

According to the FTC’s June 2016 complaint, brought jointly with the Florida attorney general, the defendants called consumers via robocalls to sell credit card interest rate reduction services. The CFPB further alleged that the defendants made guarantees about lowering consumerscredit card interest rates.