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2023 Regulatory Recap of the Debt Settlement Industry Activity and 2024 Regulatory Forecast

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This article highlights the few newsworthy actions and events we wrote about the debt settlement industry throughout the year. The debt settlement industry did see some movement by regulatory bodies across the board, though...more

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California DFPI Proposes Regulation to Implement Registration Requirements for Entities Covered Under California Consumer...

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The California Consumer Financial Protection Law (“CCFPL”), established in September of 2020 under Governor Newsom, augmented the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation’s (“DFPI”) authoritative ability by increasing...more

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Payment Processor Settles With Massachusetts Attorney General for Prematurely Sending Fees to a Debt Settlement Company

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On November 7, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced a $600,000 settlement with Oklahoma-based payment processor Global Holdings. Attorney General Healey claimed that Global Holdings violated the Massachusetts...more

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No Relief in Sight: CFPB and FTC Continue to Take Action Against Debt Settlement Companies

On April 29, the CFPB filed a proposed order in federal court seeking final judgment against three California-based defendants for engaging in unlawful fee-charging practices and deceptive telemarketing. According to the...more

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CFPB and Debt Settlement Company Agree to Stipulated Final Judgment and Order

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On May 17, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has entered​ into a stipulated judgment​ and order​ to resolve a civil action that it previously filed against a debt settlement company in...more

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CFPB Obtains $5.4 Million from Debt-Relief Service that Allegedly Charged Illegal Fees

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On May 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a settlement with DMB Financial LLC, a Massachusetts-based debt-settlement company....more

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CFPB Files Suit Against Debt Relief Company

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On December 1, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed suit against a Massachusetts debt settlement and relief company over alleged violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and...more

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CFPB Grants No-Action Letter for Proposed Small-Dollar Credit Product

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In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) granted a no-action letter (NAL) regarding a proposed small-dollar credit product and sought comment on the CFPB’s plan to study how consumers locate, comprehend...more

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CFPB sues California debt-settlement firms for taking illegal advance fees

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Last week, the CFPB filed a lawsuit in a California federal district court against Performance SLC LLC, Performance Settlement, and Daniel Crenshaw, the owner and CEO of the two companies.  Performance SLC is a...more

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CFPB Files Complaint Against Student Loan Debt Settlement Company

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On November 5, 2020, the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed a complaint against a California student loan debt settlement company and the company’s CEO in the U.S. District Court for the...more

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CFPB, FTC, and Others Partner to Target Phantom and Abusive Debt Collection

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On September 29, the CFPB, in partnership with the FTC and numerous federal and state law enforcement agencies, announced a nationwide effort addressing “phantom debt collection” and abusive and threatening debt collection...more

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CFPB Settles with Freedom Debt Relief

On July 9, 2019, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California entered a stipulated final judgment and order in case number 17-cv-06484, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Freedom Debt Relief,...more

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"Clearly and Prominently:" Consumer Debt Settlement Disclosures in Wake of CFPB v. Freedom Debt Relief

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The debt settlement industry received some "regulation by enforcement" in the wake of a settlement of the lawsuit filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") against Freedom Debt Relief, LLC ("FDR"). The...more

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CFPB settles lawsuit with nation’s largest debt-settlement services provider

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The CFPB announced that it has settled the lawsuit it filed in a California federal district court against Freedom Debt Relief (FDR) and its CEO for alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) and the...more

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CFPB Hits Debt Settlement Services Provider With Lawsuit

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau) has filed suit against the largest debt settlement services provider in the country, accusing the California-based entity of violating Dodd-Frank and the...more

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CFPB Files Suit Against National Debt-Settlement Services Provider For Allegedly Misleading Consumers

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On November 8, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced it filed suit in federal court in California against a national debt-settlement services provider and its CEO based on alleged violations of the...more

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CFPB sues nation’s largest debt-settlement services provider

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The CFPB has filed a lawsuit in a California federal district court against Freedom Debt Relief (FDR) and its CEO for alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) and the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). ...more

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The CFPB Shuts Down Another Credit Repair Service

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The CFPB recently submitted a proposed stipulated final order that would shut down a credit repair service and permanently enjoin it from “[a]dvertising, marketing, promoting, providing, offering for sale, selling, assisting...more

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What Real Estate Settlement Service and Other Consumer Financial Services Providers Need to Know About the CFPB’s Final...

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On July 10, 2017, in a surprise move, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued its long awaited final rule on arbitration (Final Arbitration Rule). This rule-making has been a lightning rod issue for...more

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CFPB files proposed stipulated final judgments in actions against credit repair companies and individuals

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The CFPB announced that it had simultaneously filed two complaints and corresponding proposed stipulated final judgments in a California federal district court in actions against four credit repair companies and three...more

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CFPB files complaint alleging defendants ran unlawful debt relief operation

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The CFPB has filed a complaint in a California federal district court against three law firms and two individual attorneys alleging that they offered debt relief services to consumers in violation of the Telemarketing Sales...more

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CFPB November 2016 complaint report highlights other financial services complaints, complaints from Oklahoma consumers

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The CFPB has issued its November 2016 complaint report which highlights complaints about “other financial services,” a category that includes debt settlement, credit repair, check cashing, and money orders.  The report also...more

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CFPB sues credit repair company

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The CFPB announced that it has filed a lawsuit in a California federal district court against a credit repair company for alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) and Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR)....more

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CFPB files supplemental amicus brief in Third Circuit FDCPA case to address Spokeo

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The CFPB has filed a supplemental amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Bock v. Pressler & Pressler, LLP, the case in which the district court ruled that a debt collection law firm violated the...more

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CFPB Jan. 2016 complaint report highlights “other financial services complaints,” complaints from NY State/NY metro area consumers

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The CFPB has issued its January 2016 complaint report which highlights “other financial service” complaints and complaints from consumers in New York State and the New York metro area. In addition to the major complaint...more

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