Troutman Sanders

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Federal Activities: On December 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a series of orders to five companies offering “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) credit. The CFPB is concerned about accumulating debt, regulatory arbitrage, and data harvesting in a consumer credit market already quickly changing with technology.

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Collection Industry News

JANUARY 25, 2021

Uejio has been with the CFPB since 2011 and worked with Chopra, who served as the bureau’s student loan ombudsman during the Obama administration. That experience will enable Uejio to lay solid groundwork for Chopra, said Richard Cordray, the bureau’s first director. The two share many of the same priorities, Cordray said.

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Troutman Sanders

JUNE 14, 2023

On June 8, the CFPB acted against a medical debt collector for numerous debt collection and credit reporting violations. In at least thousands of cases, the debt collector continued to attempt to collect on a debt that was not substantiated after a consumer disputed the validity of the debt.

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Collection Industry News

MARCH 15, 2021

The DFPI is aggressively exercising its new authority to regulate a large group of newly covered financial services, including debt collectors, credit reporting and credit repair agencies, debt relief agencies and others.

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Troutman Sanders

JUNE 21, 2022

On June 15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an update about its December 2021 market monitoring inquiry into Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) — a short-term, no-interest consumer credit product that has become nearly ubiquitous at the point of purchase online and, increasingly, in brick-and-mortar stores.

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Collection Industry News

MAY 18, 2021

While consumer groups praised the bill for its recourse for consumers harassed by debt collectors, CUNA and NAFCU saw the bill as complicating the legal relationship between consumers, members and lenders. In the letter, Nussle stated, “Lenders rely on complete and accurate credit reports when underwriting loans.

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Troutman Sanders

APRIL 4, 2022

The bill requires stablecoins to be backed by government securities with maturities less than 12 months or domestic dollars, while requiring stablecoin issuers to publicly release audited reports of reserves executed by third-party auditors. For more information, click here.

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Credit Corp

MAY 30, 2023

These payments are sent to the judgment creditor until your debt is paid. The Consumer Credit Protection Act caps these types of garnishments. For example, if a debt collector takes you to civil court for an unpaid bill, you can provide evidence of any payments you made. The lessor of these two amounts applies.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This bill would instruct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study on BNPL and EWA services to help determine the degree to which consumers are utilizing both services for retail purchases. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Better Credit Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

The only problem came when after not paying on an account for 6–7 months, I came to find out that Freedom Debt Relief couldn’t settle this particular account. It was for a PMSI loan for an outdoor wood burning furnace. I had to make my own payment arrangements with the debt collector so that we could keep our furnace.

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