APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS RULING FOR MEDICAL PROVIDER IN FDCPA FALSE NAME CASE
- The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a summary judgment ruling in favor of a medical provider that was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it allegedly attempted to collect a debt using a name other than its own, even though the letter includes seven separate references to the provider.
USPS ROLLING OUT NEW FINANCIAL SERVICES; BILL PAYMENT OPTION ON MENU
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- For all the talk about moving debt collection and paying bills into the 21st century by allowing consumers to communicate via text messaging and pay bills using apps like Venmo, a published report is touting the expanding presence of an old school brick-and-mortar building — the post office — as a financial services hub for consumers, especially those without bank accounts.
MDPA JUDGE RULES FOR DEFENDANT IN FDCPA CASE
- You’re damned if you do, and you’re damned if you don’t. Debt collectors are often accused of not providing enough documentation when filing lawsuits against consumers for unpaid debts, but can even be accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when they do provide all the documentation that is required. In a case that was defended by Rick Perr at Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, a District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after it was accused of violating the FDCPA by including a copy of a contract to purchase an RV among the documents filed in an underlying collection lawsuit without the proper confidentiality requirements.
SECOND BILL INTRODUCED TO COMPENSATE WHISTLEBLOWERS REPORTING FINANCIAL ISSUES TO CFPB
- A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives — a companion bill to one already introduced in the Senate — that would compensate whistleblowers who report instances of financial wrongdoing to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
HUNTINGTON DEBT HOLDING SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES SOC 2 TYPE 2 AUDIT
- Huntington Debt Holding has successfully completed the Service Organization Control 2 (SOC2) Type 2 Reporting audit. Created by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), SOC 2 is a comprehensive reporting framework aimed to assure customers and business partners that our security guidelines are in place and that we follow through on our commitment to data protection and transparency
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