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MARCH 15, 2022

In 2015, the Federal Trade Commission came down on Chase for robo-signing affidavits. Chase was one of 13 financial institution censured for robo-signing documents in support of debt collection suits and foreclosure. The banks’ actions harmed many consumers’ credit, and the banks had to pay billions to borrowers.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 16, 2023

On October 11, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a new proposed rule to prohibit junk fees, which are hidden and bogus fees that can harm consumers and undercut honest businesses. The FTC has estimated that these fees can cost consumers tens of billions of dollars per year in unexpected costs. On October 10, D.C.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 9, 2023

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. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Sanders

AUGUST 1, 2023

For example, the bill distinguishes a “digital asset” from a “digital commodity,” empowering the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate the former and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to regulate the latter. On July 26, the CFPB published a blog focused on consumer credit scores.

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Troutman Sanders

MARCH 15, 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. House of Representatives that seeks to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to exclude COVID-19-related evictions from consumers’ credit reports.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 2, 2023

This interim final rule will further facilitate the orderly transition of those consumer loans that currently use the LIBOR index to other indices in anticipation of the planned cessation U.S. On April 27, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina M. Brown argued that medical debt “correlates with illness,” not with credit risk.

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