Account Recovery

AUGUST 19, 2024

Kathy Hochul, that if signed, would prohibit the use of social media platforms to collect debts, for creditors or the collection agents working on their behalf. What do they mean and how are they to be used in a consumers’ credit report? the Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, and Sen.

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Account Recovery

AUGUST 19, 2024

Kathy Hochul, that if signed, would prohibit the use of social media platforms to collect debts, for creditors or the collection agents working on their behalf. What do they mean and how are they to be used in a consumers’ credit report? the Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, and Sen.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

JANUARY 6, 2023

Prohibiting a creditor from entering or enforcing a medical judgment by placing a lien against a debtor’s primary residence. The introduction of Senate bill S2632 prohibiting confessions of judgment as part of the necessary documents when buying or selling financial services or products to consumers.

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True Accord

APRIL 5, 2023

But with inflation and economic stressors persisting into the new year, many consumers are conflicted on their financial outlook and spending behavior is hard to predict. Consumers trying to make ends meet have continued turning to credit cards and other credit types to bridge the income to expense gap.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

JANUARY 10, 2024

Hochul made it clear that the state will assist consumers in New York by adding greater consumer protections—a plan that will affect creditors and debtors alike. More specifically, the Department of Financial Services will crack down on the “buy now, pay later” industry. Over 700,000 New Yorkers have medical debt.

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Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 26, 2023

On January 20, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta submitted a letter to the CFPB agreeing with its preliminary determination that California’s Commercial Financing Disclosures Law (CFDL) is not preempted by TILA because the CFDL only applies to commercial financing and not to consumer credit transactions within the scope of TILA.

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CSA

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Government launches consultation on reform of Consumer Credit Act. HM Treasury has issued a consultation seeking stakeholder views on reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA). HM Treasury has issued a consultation seeking stakeholder views on reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA).

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Troutman Sanders

APRIL 24, 2023

Earlier this month, a district court for the Eastern District of Michigan dismissed on its own initiative a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) claim brought by a consumer alleging inaccurate reporting of her charged-off vehicle loan. Americredit Financial Services, Inc. The court’s opinion in Shelton v.

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Collection Industry News

MARCH 17, 2024

Hochul made it clear that the state will assist consumers in New York by adding greater consumer protections—a plan that will affect creditors and debtors alike. More specifically, the Department of Financial Services will crack down on the “buy now, pay later” industry. Over 700,000 New Yorkers have medical debt.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

AUGUST 14, 2017

A recent case out of the District Court for Oregon illustrates the extreme positions being taken by the consumer bar and provides some reassurances to the industry. A recent case out of the District Court for Oregon illustrates the extreme positions being taken by the consumer bar and provides some reassurances to the industry.

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Fico Collections

JUNE 16, 2022

It directly relates to research undertaken in 2010 when empirical evidence showed that economic victims have very different risk profiles and often respond very differently when they’re struggling to service personal debt. Prior to the 2008 global financial crisis, the average RtFG of consumer credit customers having reached charge-off was 2.5

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Collection Industry News

JUNE 19, 2023

The CFPB also released several reports shining a light on factors that may influence fair access to credit, including how medical debt affects tens of millions of consumers’ credit profiles, how people in under-resourced rural areas struggle to access financial services, and the challenges faced by justice-involved individuals and families.

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Better Credit Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Wondering why DFS/Webbank showed up on your credit report? Short for Dell Financial Services/Webbank, the entry is probably on your report because you applied for a Dell Preferred Account. Most of the time, a hard inquiry from a lender or service provider is nothing to panic over. DFS/Webbank On My Credit Report.

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Collection Industry News

JANUARY 13, 2021

Chartered by the Bureau in January of 2020, the Taskforce has examined the existing legal and regulatory environment facing consumers and financial services providers. To read the Taskforce Report Volume I click here: [link] . To read the Taskforce Report Volume II click here: [link] .

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Consumer Financial Services Law

JUNE 11, 2016

The 2015 report attempted to make a case that few consumers ever bring individual actions against financial service institutions and that class actions provide a more effective means to challenge and deter prohibited financial service practices. Proposed 12 CFR 1040.3

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Fico Collections

JANUARY 15, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic cast a huge shadow on the financial services worldwide. The FICO Blog posts last year reflected that – we wrote about everything from the impact on collections, proactive lender communications with consumers, issues with fraud, and of course, how FICO® Scores were impacted.

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CSA

DECEMBER 7, 2022

One of their key proposals is that the government and FCA introduce clear limits on the number of times that creditors can contact people in debt. Council of EU and European Parliament announce provisional agreement on consumer credit directive. The MMHPI paper can be found here. FCA shares update on debt packager proposals.

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FDCPA Defense

MAY 6, 2014

Thus, Congress has already determined that it is important for consumers to be informed about negative information that is being furnished about them, and the CFPB is in charge of crafting a model notice so furnishers can get the word out to consumers. Credit Bureau of Georgia, 555 F. Arrow Financial Services , 428 F.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 2, 2023

However, due to partisanship in the Senate, Senator Lummis believes her bill is unlikely to pass before the House Financial Service Committee’s bill is introduced. Khan appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to discuss its FY 2024 budget request and the agency’s ongoing work.

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Troutman Sanders

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

State Activities: On November 10, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Consumer Credit Fairness Act (SB 153) into law. Department of Education terminated its contracts with private debt collection agencies. For more information, click here.

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Better Credit Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

If they are unable to validate the debt, you can ask them to remove it from your credit report. When your original creditor can’t collect your past-due balance, it’ll sell your debt to a debt collection agency which means you now owe the money to the agency. Have a Professional Remove Collections From Your Credit Report.

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