Thu.Jul 06, 2023

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Conn. Regulator Fines Agency $30k

Account Recovery

The Connecticut Department of Banking has assessed a $30,000 fine and barred a collection operation from the state for three years after it was alleged to have collected in the state without the proper license.

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CFPB, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Treasury Launch Inquiry into Costly Credit Cards and Loans Pushed on Patients for Health Care Costs

Consumer Finance

The CFPB, HHS, and U.S. Department of Treasury launched an inquiry into high-cost specialty financial products, such as medical credit cards and installment loans, that are pushed on patients as a way to pay for routine medical care and which drive up health care costs and medical debt.

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Appeals Court Upholds Reasonableness of Dispute Investigation in FCRA Case

Account Recovery

The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has upheld summary judgment in favor of a furnisher in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case that was accused of providing inaccurate information after conducting an unreasonable investigation of the plaintiff’s dispute, ruling that “no reasonable jury could find” that the furnisher “provided patently incorrect or materially […]

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CFPB’s Larger Participant Rule for Consumer Payments

Troutman Sanders

Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and colleagues Keith Barnett, Carlin McCrory, and Josh McBeain as they discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) larger participant rule for consumer payments mentioned in its 2023 semi-annual 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 the subs

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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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Daily Digest – July 6. Getting to Know Noel Crichton of CKS Financial; Appeals Court Rules on FCRA Case

Account Recovery

GETTING TO KNOW NOEL CRICHTON OF CKS FINANCIAL APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS REASONABLENESS OF DISPUTE INVESTIGATION IN FCRA CASE REMEMBERING: JOE HAWES CONN.

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Biden proposes new student-loan measures after court defeat

Collection Industry News

WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Friday announced new measures to provide student loan relief to Americans and condemned the U.S. Supreme Court for blocking a plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in debt that was popular with his voters. Thwarted by the conservative-leaning court, Biden told reporters that his administration would pursue student loan relief through a different avenue, the Higher Education Act.