Troutman Sanders

JUNE 13, 2022

On June 7, the Federal Reserve announced it will release a second tool to help community financial institutions implement the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL). On June 8, the New York Department of Financial Services issued new compliance requirements for issuers of U.S. For more information, click here.

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Better Credit Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you’re wondering what BCA Financial Services is and why it’s on your credit report, the guide below is for you. With all of life’s financial obligations and the busyness of day to day life, it can be all too easy to let a payment slip through the cracks. About BCA Financial Services. BCA Financial Services, Inc.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 19, 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. On October 4, the CFPB announced that the deadline to request initial forbearance for loans backed by the U.S.

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Troutman Sanders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

On December 1, the CFPB, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that the 2022 threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans will increase from $27,200 to $28,500. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Sanders

MARCH 22, 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. As of March 18, the department intends to issue full loan discharges for borrowers with approved borrower defense claims.

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Troutman Sanders

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Department of Education’s decision to terminate its federal student loan contracts with private collection agencies. State Activities: On December 15, the New York Department of Financial Services released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for third-party debt collectors and debt buyers.

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Troutman Sanders

AUGUST 9, 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. s emergency debt collection bill. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 4, 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. Among other provisions, S.B. For those interested in reading the complete order, click here. million or less.

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Troutman Sanders

APRIL 4, 2022

On March 30, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sanctioned Edfinancial for deceiving student loan borrowers about their eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and the steps they could have taken to obtain loan cancellation. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Sanders

APRIL 19, 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 company was operating without registering as a debt settlement service provider as required by Minnesota law.

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Troutman Sanders

SEPTEMBER 7, 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. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Sanders

SEPTEMBER 27, 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. On September 21, the U.S. For more information, click here. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 10, 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. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Sanders

JULY 7, 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 rules cover loans on principal residences, generally exclude small servicers, and will take effect on August 31.

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Troutman Sanders

MARCH 29, 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. On March 24, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provided Congress its Consumer Response Annual Report for 2020.

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Troutman Sanders

JULY 27, 2020

3841, a bill that protects the stimulus funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) from being garnished by judgement creditors and debt collectors, similar to how Social Security payments are exempt from being garnished. The CARES Act offers relief for those with federal student loans.

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Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 2, 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. For more information, click here. Find out about local programs that offer rental assistance and other help. To read more, click here.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

MAY 10, 2017

A recent decision from a Louisiana district court should provide some comfort to banks and other financial institutions who acquire other entities by merger – at least in the Fifth Circuit, they are not debt collectors. As most know, Bank of America (BoA) acquired Countrywide Bank FSB and its mortgage portfolio in 2008.

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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. Medical Debt Medical debt was another topic addressed in the State of the State address.

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Troutman Sanders

AUGUST 11, 2022

Please join Consumer Financial Services Partner Chris Willis and his guests and colleagues James Stevens and Carlin McCrory as they discuss the consumer protection and safety and soundness sides of credit union regulation.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

JANUARY 10, 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. Medical Debt Medical debt was another topic addressed in the State of the State address.

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Collection Industry News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against a medical debt collector, Commonwealth Financial Systems, for illegally trying to collect unverified medical debts after consumers disputed the validity of the debts. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S.

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Troutman Sanders

JULY 11, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Treasury (collectively, the agencies) jointly issued a Request for Information (Request) seeking public comment on medical credit cards, loans, and other financial products used to pay for health care. The consumer experience.

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Collection Industry News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The bill extends protections under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to small businesses with loans or obligations that are less than $5 million so that debt collectors have more limits on what they can do to collect these debts. House Financial Services Committee.

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Burr Forman

MAY 20, 2021

2547 (the “Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act” or “CDCIA”). Originally introduced by House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters, the CDCIA’s primary purpose is to provide additional financial protections for consumers and place restrictions on debt collection activities by amending several consumer finance statutes.

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Troutman Sanders

MARCH 6, 2024

House Bill (HB) 4456 would create a new chapter to the Massachusetts Code explicitly stating that EWA services offered under the new chapter are not loans or other form of credit or debt, and voluntary tips or gratuities are not interest or finance charges. The bill is pending before the Joint Financial Services Committee.

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Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To better understand the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, I’ve broken it down into three discernable parts: 1) Elements of a cause of action under the FDCPA. The FDCPA prohibits debt collectors from making false or misleading representations and from engaging in various abusive and unfair practices. 3d 1175, 1205 (M.D.

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Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 17, 2024

On January 9, SB 1146 , entitled the Earned Wage Access Services Act, was introduced into the Florida Senate. The bill would require earned wage access (EWA) providers to register with the Florida Financial Services Commission. Reporting a consumer’s nonpayment to a consumer reporting agency or debt collector.

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Troutman Sanders

JULY 13, 2023

Like Nevada, discussed here , the law specifies that EWA products are not loans or money transmissions under Missouri law. Notably, the law does not apply to FDIC-insured banks or savings and loan associations, credit unions, or any person authorized to make loans or extensions of credit.

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Fico Collections

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

These rules require the debt collectors and recoveries staff to—if non-complaint—make significant changes on how and when they can communicate with debtors. Here are some highlights: The 7-in-7 rule: Regulation F stipulates that there may be no more than seven calls made by a debt collector to a consumer in a span of seven days.

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Collection Industry News

MAY 11, 2021

— which we previously covered on this blog — continues to raise questions for the wide range of industries that fall within the FDCPA’s definition of “debt collectors.” As the financial services sector continues to monitor Hunstein and its implications, stay tuned to this blog for further discussion of the case.

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Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In a recent decision, a Michigan district court found that because there was a genuine issue of fact as to whether the defendant debt collector notified the consumer reporting agency (CRA) to remove a disputed debt notification from the plaintiff’s tradeline, the case could proceed to trial. In Evans v.

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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. The final amended rule will go into effect on July 20, 2023.

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Collection Industry News

JULY 20, 2020

DEBT COLLECTORS, facing growing demands to freeze the collection of debt across the country amid the economic hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic, are mobilizing their lobbyists to push back. In New York, residents are receiving a 30-day reprieve from the collection of state-owned medical and student debt.

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Better Credit Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

FMA Alliance is a third-party debt collector that works with companies to recover delinquent accounts from customers. Before a debt collector can contact you for payment, they must first report the debt to the major credit bureaus. This can mean trouble for your future loan or interest rate prospects.

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Collection Industry News

MAY 18, 2021

Despite objections from CUNA and NAFCU, the House of Representatives passed the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act on Thursday. 2547 was sponsored by House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Rep. In the letter, Nussle stated, “Lenders rely on complete and accurate credit reports when underwriting loans.

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True Accord

JANUARY 10, 2024

The fourth quarter marked the resumption of student loan payments for 22 million Americans, but repayment results were low. million borrowers missed their student loan payment —that’s 40% of loan holders. quarterly increase while auto loan balances rose by $13 billion and now stand at $1.6 a year ago.

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