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CFPB Issues Report on TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax

Consumer Finance

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an annual report that details improvements and deficiencies in the nationwide consumer reporting companies’ responses to consumer complaints transmitted by the CFPB.

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American Airlines Admirals Club “Reimagined” Lounge Review

Nerd Wallet

JT Genter writes for NerdWallet. Email: travel@nerdwallet.com. The article American Airlines Admirals Club “Reimagined” Lounge Review originally appeared on NerdWallet.

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Federal agencies have a plan to help discharge student loan debt

Roths Child Law

If one of the reasons you’ve decided against bankruptcy is because you’ve heard that it’s nearly impossible to discharge student loan debt, the federal government has announced a plan that could change that for you. With President Joe Biden’s attempt to forgive as much as $20,000 in student loan debt for some borrowers hung up by a federal district court, two agencies of the federal government have come up with another solution.

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How Do Collections Accounts Affect Your Credit?

Taurus Collect

Collections have a negative effect on your credit score. If you fail to pay back your creditor or lender or miss out on instalments regularly, they may resort to a debt collection agency or sell your account to a debt buyer. However, they most likely will call you or send emails to inform you about selling your account to a debt buyer. Then, the debt collection agency will pursue you to recover the money from you, and you are legally obliged to make the payment.

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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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China’s recovery may mean the Fed will have to hike rates longer

Collection Industry News

As the end of China’s stringent Covid restrictions quickens the country’s economic recovery , concerns about pent-up Chinese demand — and the inflation that may follow — could mean bad news for the U.S. Federal Reserve. Economic data indicates that the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes are pulling down U.S. inflation, but China’s demand could make commodity prices return to levels from early 2022, before the U.S. central bank embarked on its journey of hiking rates to bring down inflationary pressure

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