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In this episode of his "Clearly Conspicuous" podcast series, consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta discusses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) efforts to remove medical debt from credit reports. The...more
On October 22, the CFPB announced the finalization of its Personal Financial Data Rights Rule under Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The rule aims to bring the U.S. closer to an “open banking” framework by making it easier...more
In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Troutman Pepper Partner David Anthony and Rami Haddad, deputy general counsel for Compliance, Litigation, and Privacy at PRA Group. The discussion...more
On September 24, the Governor of California approved SB 1061 (the “Act”), which prohibits consumer credit reporting agencies from including medical debt in consumer credit reports. In addition, a consumer reporting agency may...more
Last week, the North American Collection Agency Regulatory Association (NACARA) hosted its annual conference at the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s Sacramento office. The event served as a...more
The CFPB is in the process of completing its final rule intended to ban the inclusion of medical debts in credit reports, bureau Director Rohit Chopra said at a White House session intended to focus on practices in the...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more
On October 1, the CFPB issued an advisory opinion regarding medical debt collection practices and debt collectors’ obligations under the FDCPA and Regulation F. The advisory opinion identified practices for which debt...more
On October 1, the CFPB issued an advisory opinion highlighting that debt collectors engaging in certain practices with respect to the collection of medical debts are strictly liable under the FDCPA and Regulation F....more
On October 1, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued an advisory opinion aimed at debt collectors and emphasizing their obligations under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Regulation...more
The CFPB issued guidance reminding debt collectors of their obligation to comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the “FDCPA”) and Regulation F’s prohibitions on false, deceptive, or misleading representations and...more
The CFPB recently issued a blog post, highlighting debt collection impacts on surviving spouses. In the blog, the CFPB warns that debt collectors who try to collect on a spouse’s medical bills from a survivor, who is not...more
On September 20, the CFPB published a blog post that addressed debt collectors targeting surviving spouses for the unpaid medical bills of their deceased partners....more
In this episode of his "Clearly Conspicuous" podcast series, "FTC and CFPB Focus on Medical, Rental Debt Collection Practices," consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta examines the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and...more
On September 5, the CFPB released its 2024 annual report on the FDCPA, which discussed several issues consumers face in debt collection and highlights practices in the collection of medical and rental debt. Medical debt...more
On September 5, the FTC published a letter to the CFPB on the Commission’s annual summary of debt collection activities in 2023. Addressed to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra, the report aimed to assist the Bureau in preparing its...more
On September 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual report on debt collection, drawing attention to a range of activities with respect to medical and rental debt collection that the CFPB...more
The most frequent consumer debt collection complaints filed with the CFPB in 2023 were attempts to collect debts that actually were not owed, the bureau said in its annual Fair Debt Collection Practices Act report....more
On August 16, the U.S. SNDY dismissed as time-barred a student loan debt class-action brought against student loan trusts, servicing agents and a law firm. The suit, brought by a class of New York residents holding student...more
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Thursday defended his agency’s proposed rule to prohibit the listing of medical debt on credit reports, contending that such debts are not a fair indication of a person’s financial health....more
If you are reading this article, you are likely aware that a creditor collecting its own debts in its own name is not a "debt collector" under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") or its implementing rule,...more
On July 2, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new edition of Supervisory Highlights, with a particular focus on account management and collection practices across auto loans, student loans and...more
On July 2, the CFPB released its Summer 2024 Supervisory Highlights, which focused on the servicing and collection of consumer debt. The report shared key findings from recent supervisory examinations of auto and student loan...more
Nonbank financial services companies with prior enforcement orders are preparing for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new Registry, which takes effect September 16. Nonbank consumer lenders, loan servicers,...more