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. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), passed the House with a 215-207 vote.

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Collection Industry News

MARCH 19, 2024

“Growing debt balances, stubborn interest rates and elevated prices are still a thorn for consumers, and contribute to their overall financial stability,” explains TrueAccord CEO Mark Ravanesi in his Q4 Industry Insights: Cautious Optimism with a Side of Holiday Hangover.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 26, 2021

On March 18, the West Virginia legislature passed Senate Bill 5 , amending the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act (WVCCPA). The amendments provide more clarity to creditors and debt collectors, as well as tools to avoid litigation.

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Better Credit Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

If you are overwhelmed by dealing with negative entries on your credit report, we suggest you ask a professional credit repair company for help. If you have debt in any of the areas listed above, Fairway Collections is legally allowed to contact you to collect. After some time, they may turn your debt over to collections.

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Collection Industry News

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Gavin Newsom recently signed SB 1286 amending the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s coverage to certain commercial debt. Prior to this amendment, the RFDCPA’s restrictions applied only to certain debt collectors and creditors collecting consumer debt. The amendments are effective Jan.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

JANUARY 10, 2024

Buy now, pay later services act as a lender of sorts and are currently not licensed by the state. Debt Collection in 2024 The governor mentioned debt collectors and their interactions specifically regarding retired seniors, noting concerns that seniors are giving up retirement income.

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Credit Corp

JUNE 3, 2020

These payments are sent to the judgment creditor until your debt is paid. The Consumer Credit Protection Act caps these types of garnishments. These liens notify lenders of the creditor’s rights to your property. That way, if you sell your real property, the debt must be paid out of the proceeds.

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True Accord

JULY 5, 2022

A hike in the federal interest rate prompts a jump in the Bank Prime Loan Rate ( prime rate ), the credit rate that banks offer to their most credit-worthy customers and off of which they base other forms of consumer credit like mortgages and consumer loans. Key Factor 3: Rising Delinquencies.

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True Accord

APRIL 5, 2023

On the regulatory front, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) hit the ground running for 2023 with new guidance on subscription fees, proposed rulemaking on non-bank company terms and conditions, and issued an annual report sizing up the three credit reporting companies. Meet consumers where they are, compliantly.

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Credit Corp

MAY 30, 2023

For example, if you fail to pay a debt, the lender can take you to court. Ultimately, if you don’t pay a debt , the lender or bill collector can file a lawsuit against you to recoup the money. These payments are sent to the judgment creditor until your debt is paid. What Is a Judgment on a Credit Report?

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Better Credit Blog

MAY 12, 2022

Just like with consumer credit, debt from a civil judgment must be validated under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. To validate your debt, you’d have to write a letter to the court that ruled against you which may or may not be in your state. How Long Do Judgments Stay on My Credit Report?

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Collection Industry News

MARCH 17, 2024

Buy now, pay later services act as a lender of sorts and are currently not licensed by the state. Debt Collection in 2024 The governor mentioned debt collectors and their interactions specifically regarding retired seniors, noting concerns that seniors are giving up retirement income.

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Collection Industry News

MARCH 15, 2021

SACRAMENTO – More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) continues to expand efforts to protect consumers from financial impacts of the lethal virus that has ravaged the state’s economy and killed more than 53,000 Californians.

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Collection Industry News

MARCH 28, 2022

The Department has also begun licensing debt collectors. The first change under the CCFPL was a new name for the Department which was formerly the Department of Business Oversight.

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Troutman Sanders

AUGUST 1, 2023

An amendment in the NDAA to update the Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act passed in the Senate by a vote of 95-2. Examiners found that debt collectors continued collection attempts for work-related medical debt after receiving sufficient information to render the debt uncollectible under state worker’s compensation law.

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Better Credit Blog

JANUARY 27, 2021

RentGrow On Your Credit Report. RentGrow is an agency that obtains consumer credit reports for landlords. These inquiries don’t do any damage to your score and don’t get added to your credit report. A word of caution: While one credit inquiry is nothing to fret over, try not to stack up too many. Debt collectors.

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Better Credit Blog

JANUARY 29, 2021

Since they’re required for getting new credit, it’s okay to have an inquiry on your report. That being said, lenders might be discouraged from approving your application if your credit report is riddled with hard inquiries. Debt collectors. Charge-offs. Foreclosure. Poor payment history. Repossession.

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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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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. I had to make my own payment arrangements with the debt collector so that we could keep our furnace. I came to learn that FDR mainly only works with credit cards.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 9, 2023

The proposed rule would require lenders to assess a borrower’s ability to repay a PACE loan and would provide a framework for how these loans will be treated under the Truth in Lending Act. PACE loans, secured by a property tax lien on the borrower’s home, are often promoted as a way to finance clean energy improvements, such as solar panels.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The FTC’s Safeguards Rule requires nonbanking financial institutions, such as mortgage brokers, motor vehicle dealers, and payday lenders, to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive security program to keep their customers’ information safe. For more information, click here. On October 26, Senator Cynthia M.

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Fico Collections

JULY 6, 2020

Four UK tier 1 lenders have announced an expected £20.2 Can you save consumers and creditors multiple calls whilst also ensuring appropriate forbearance that enables continued debt servicing, which in turn will mitigate the long-term impacts on individuals, businesses and the economy? Customer journeys will get more complex.

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Better Credit Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Don’t go into too many details, but let the debt collector know if you’re trying to buy a house but can’t because of the negative information on your credit report. Then kindly ask the debt collector to remove collections from your credit report out of goodwill.

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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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Troutman Sanders

MAY 2, 2023

The proposed rule would require lenders to assess a borrower’s ability to repay a PACE loan, as well as provide a framework for how these loans will be treated under the Truth in Lending Act. Senate Committee on Banking held a full committee hearing, titled “Oversight of the Credit Reporting Agencies.” On April 27, the U.S.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Federal Activities: On September 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its fifth biennial report to Congress on the consumer credit card market, finding that the market’s growth over the last few years reversed course in 2020. Privacy and Cybersecurity Activities. State Activities: Two bills — S.B.

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Account Recovery

JANUARY 30, 2025

The CFPB sent letters to lawmakers in Massachusetts, South Dakota, Oregon, and Washington, commending their efforts to ban medical debt from consumer credit reports. Learn more. And more.

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Collection Industry News

JANUARY 25, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) Lenders will no longer be able to consider unpaid medical bills as a credit history factor when they evaluate potential borrowers in the U.S. Removing medical debts from consumer credit reportsis expected to increase the credit scores of millions of families by an average of 20 points, the bureau said.

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Collection Industry News

JANUARY 25, 2021

The CFPB under Biden is expected to more closely scrutinize how lenders, consumer credit reporting bureaus, debt collectors, and others implement mandated Covid-19 consumer relief measures.

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