Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 11, 2021

Our bank and loan servicing clients also face novel challenges affecting their industry due to COVID-19, particularly the ever-changing rules and regulations concerning evictions and foreclosures. The PPP will open to all participating lenders shortly thereafter.

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Collection Industry News

MARCH 17, 2024

More specifically, the Department of Financial Services will crack down on the “buy now, pay later” industry. Buy now, pay later services act as a lender of sorts and are currently not licensed by the state. The government will look to stop these exploitative tactics and more. Over 700,000 New Yorkers have medical debt.

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Fico Collections

JUNE 23, 2023

A more predictive credit score means more predictable cash flows which are, in turn, more attractive to investors for all types of securitized assets (e.g., mortgages, auto loans, credit cards, etc.) offering continuity and stability for lenders, investors, and consumers.

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Fico Collections

JANUARY 5, 2023

The data reflected in the UltraFICO® Score may improve an individual’s already-existing FICO® Score, but it also can provide credit scores to many individuals who are “unbanked” or “under-banked,” or those who have not had consistent or sufficient access to mainstream financial products, loans or services. See all Posts.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Act takes direct aim at, among other things, the Military Lending Act’s (MLA) exceptions for loans obtained to purchase motor vehicles and other forms of personal property. Whether auto loan lenders may finance GAP waivers, GPS tracking systems, or other products that consumer advocates argue are credit-related is an open question.

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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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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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Fico Collections

AUGUST 10, 2022

It is one of the biggest challenges lenders face over the next few years. The mortgage market affordability test was introduced in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. Lenders could no longer base decisions simply on a customer’s history of repaying. Affordability models are primarily underpinned by credit data.

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True Accord

APRIL 5, 2023

Meanwhile, eyes are on the Big Apple as the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection are simultaneously engaged in amending their consumer debt collection rules. consumer credit card debt has increased to nearly $1 trillion.

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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

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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Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 19, 2022

The FTC alleged that ITMedia Solutions and its affiliates subsequently distributed 84% of the loan applications to different marketers, debt relief and credit repair sellers, without regard for how consumer information would be used. Use of credit scores for marketing was a violation of the FCRA, says the FTC.

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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. Consumers can reach the DFPI at (866) 275-2677 or Ask.DFPI@dfpi.ca.gov.

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Troutman Sanders

MARCH 11, 2024

The blog post posited that closing costs significantly impact a borrower’s financial commitment and, potentially, monthly payments and identified a “noticeable increase” in closing costs, with median total loan expenses on home purchase loans increasing by 21.8% between 2021 and 2022. For more information, click here.

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Fico Collections

JULY 15, 2022

As a data scientist working on credit models in the late 80s, it was a mission to help replace human bias with data-driven science. in 1989, it meant lenders of all sizes could leverage the technology of scoring and open up credit to consumers that they might not have lent to in the past. Hundreds of lenders in the U.S.

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Fico Collections

MARCH 8, 2021

That’s why FICO has been focused on finding new ways to demonstrate responsible financial behavior so that lenders can confidently extend credit to more consumers. . Over the past several years, we’ve helped lenders develop on-ramps to mainstream credit using alternative data for those seeking financial inclusion.

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Collection Industry News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Using the CFPB’s Making Ends Meet survey and consumer credit data, CFPB researchers found that financial conditions faced by renters and homeowners were divergent before the pandemic. During the pandemic, renters’ financial conditions, on average, appeared to improve as much as or more than those of homeowners.

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Collection Industry News

MARCH 28, 2022

In 2021, the Office of Financial Technology and Innovation (OFTI) met with dozens of companies, venture capitalists, lawyers, industry advocacy groups, federal and state financial regulators, consumer advocacy groups, and academics to better understand stakeholder perspectives on what constitutes responsible innovation in financial services.

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Troutman Sanders

JUNE 14, 2023

The report highlights enforcement actions related to the acts and their implementing regulations, including in the areas of automobile purchases and financing, payday lending, credit repair and debt relief, other credit, and electronic fund transfers. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 30, 2023

On January 25, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a blog post on consumer credit score transitions during the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 24, the CFPB issued a request for information, seeking public input on how the consumer credit market is functioning.

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Troutman Sanders

AUGUST 1, 2023

On July 27, the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act passed the House Committee on Agriculture. The bill previously passed the House Committee on Financial Services on July 26. On July 26, the CFPB published a blog focused on consumer credit scores. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 31, 2022

On October 21, the Eighth Circuit temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. On October 20, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who oversees Seventh Circuit emergency matters, rejected an emergency request to stop President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Sanders

APRIL 18, 2022

Federal Activities: On April 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a report titled, “ Student Loan Borrowers Potentially At-Risk when Payment Suspension Ends.” Pre-pandemic payment assistance on student loans. Pre-pandemic payment assistance on student loans.

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Better Credit Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

A collection account will lower your credit score and can generally stay on your credit report for up to seven years. Often, a collection entry will even keep you from getting a mortgage or securing an auto loan, which is why it’s important to do all you can to remove collections from your credit report quickly.

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Troutman Sanders

JULY 12, 2021

Our bank and loan servicing clients also face novel challenges affecting their industry due to COVID-19, particularly the ever-changing rules and regulations concerning evictions and foreclosures. These borrowers will receive 100% loan discharges, resulting in approximately $55.6 million in relief.

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Fico Collections

JANUARY 26, 2022

In 2021, the financial services world continued to grapple with the uncertainty brought on by year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. FICO® Score At 716, Indicating Improvement In Consumer Credit Behaviors Despite Pandemic. It serves as a broad-based, independent standard measure of credit risk. Average U.S.

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True Accord

JULY 5, 2022

While the markets are pricing these into forecasts , consumers will feel them more acutely in a number of ways. And opening a new credit card line may prove difficult – many lenders are or will be changing their strategies to stave off the looming threat of…. Missed payments on certain loans are already on the rise.

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Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 17, 2023

On January 13, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) released results of a survey of senior financial officers at banks about their strategies and practices for managing reserve balances. On January 13, the Fed announced preliminary financial information, indicating that the Federal Reserve Banks had estimated net income of $58.4

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 2, 2023

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. 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.

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

There are some exceptions: The Military Lending Act caps interest for active duty servicemembers and dependents at 36% for consumer credit. Federally chartered credit unions have an 18% limit. proposed a 36% cap on consumer loans in 2021. Past legislative proposals have also sought to slash interest rates.

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