Tue.Jul 11, 2023

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Equabli, Inc. Announces Successful Completion of Funding Round

Account Recovery

Austin, Texas, July 11, 2023 – Equabli, Inc., a leading financial technology company, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its recent round of financing. The funding round secured $3.35M of additional capital and was led by Social Leverage. Additional commitments were received by BankTech Ventures and Cross River Digital Ventures.

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Business Challenges of Car Rental Companies

Nexa Collect

Car rental companies operate in a competitive, fast-paced, and often unpredictable market. They face a variety of business challenges, such as: Fleet Management : Managing a large fleet of vehicles is complex. Companies need to ensure their vehicles are properly maintained, cleaned, and ready for use. The also have to balance the types and numbers of vehicles available to meet customer demand.

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Collector Facing Class-Action for Sending Emails Before 8am

Account Recovery

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is part of a series that is sponsored by WebRecon. WebRecon identifies serial plaintiffs lurking in your database BEFORE you contact them and expose yourself to a likely lawsuit. Protect your company from as many as one in three new consumer lawsuits by scrubbing your consumers through WebRecon first. Want to learn more?

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Federal Agencies Launch Inquiry Into Medical Payment Products

Troutman Sanders

On July 7th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. 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. Specifically, the agencies are interested in information regarding whether these products contribute to health care cost inflation, displace hospital provided fina

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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Appeals Court Affirms Sanctions Against Collection Attorneys Who Sued Plaintiff’s Lawyers

Account Recovery

If you are a regular reader of the weekly Compliance Digest, you will no doubt recall that many attorneys over the years have cautioned that seeking sanctions against plaintiff’s attorneys is usually money wasted because it’s nearly impossible to prove that an attorney was working in bad faith.

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Daily Digest – July 11. Collector Facing Class-Action for Sending Email Before 8am; Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Settlement Language in Letter

Account Recovery

Collector Facing Class-Action for Sending Emails Before 8am Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Settlement Offer in Letter Appeals Court Affirms Sanctions Against Collection Attorneys Who Sued Plaintiff’s Lawyers The Changing Payments Landscape WORTH NOTHING: Which cities in the United States have the most stressed residents?

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CFPB’s Larger Participant Rule for Consumer Payments

Troutman Sanders

In this episode of Payments Pros , our hosts Keith Barnett, Carlin McCrory, and Josh McBeain join their colleague Chris Willis to discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) larger participant rule for consumer payments mentioned in its 2023 semiannual rulemaking agenda. During this podcast, they examine a myriad of topics concerning this rule, including the following: The current trend of CFPB supervision and why the CFPB is proposing this larger participant rule; The influence on

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The Changing Payments Landscape

Account Recovery

The payments landscape has been changing for a number of years now as people move away from cash and checks and move towards cards and apps.

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FCC Proposes New Rules for Revocation under the TCPA

Troutman Sanders

On June 29, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking clarifying how consumers may revoke consent to receive calls or texts under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The FCC is accepting comments on the proposed rule until July 31, 2023. There are three issues on which the FCC is requesting comment: A.

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When It Comes to Collections Software, “Good Enough” Isn’t Good Enough

Are you finding some snags in your collections process? With delinquencies, and the number of consumers looking for payment assistance on the rise, it may be time to consider an efficient cloud-based software to support your team. Learn how MeridianLink® Collect has helped financial institutions like yours streamline collections processes.

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Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Settlement Offer in Letter

Account Recovery

Score one for the least sophisticated debtor.

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Michigan Supreme Court Refuses to Enforce Usury Savings Clause in a Commercial Mortgage

Troutman Sanders

In Soaring Pine Capital Real Estate & Debt Fund II, LLC v. Park Street Group Realty Services, LLC , the Michigan Supreme Court considered whether a court may enforce a usury savings clause in a mortgage agreement. A usury savings clause is a contractual term requiring a borrower to pay the maximum legal interest rate if the court determines that the other contractual terms impose an illegal interest rate.

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A personal development plan for credit and collections

CICM

In today’s industry, professionals are taking their personal development more seriously than ever. However, it can be difficult to know where to start with updating your skills and refreshing your knowledge. Perhaps you’re thinking about what kind of training course might help you or if you could benefit from a qualification. Like most things, it’s good to plan.

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Announcing Troutman Pepper’s New Payment Pros Podcast!

Troutman Sanders

Please join Troutman Pepper attorneys Chris Willis, Keith Barnett, Carlin McCrory, and Josh McBeain in announcing the Payment Pros Podcast — our new podcast providing insights for those in the payments law industry. This podcast features analysis and commentary from our attorneys and business leaders, regulatory experts, and stakeholders on the most challenging legal and regulatory concerns confronted by companies and others in the payments industry.

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ERM Program Fundamentals for Success in the Banking Industry

Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is critical for industry growth in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing risk landscape. When building your ERM program foundation, you need to answer questions like: Do we have robust board and management support? Do we understand and articulate our bank’s risk appetite and how that impacts our business units? How are we measuring and rating our risk impact, likelihood, and controls to mitigate our risk?

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Member Spotlight: Credentials Build Confidence

NACM

​Credentials earned through NACM's Professional Certification Program are known for building confidence and creating opportunities that credit professionals require to succeed in the industry.Hiring managers want to know they are hiring the top candidates within the credit profession—and designations can help one candidate stand apart from ano.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week: Federal Activities State Activities Federal Activities: On July 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the U.S.