On Sept. 21, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) officially announced it is considering a rulemaking to address several consumer reporting topics under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Under the process...more
11/10/2023
/ Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Bureaus ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Congress have both signaled an interest in expanding the scope of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to cover commercial debt, a move that would likely subject...more
Yesterday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc., -- F.3d --, 2021 WL 1556069 (Apr. 21, 2021), which almost immediately set off alarms in the...more
On Oct. 30, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule clarifying prohibitions on harassment and abuse, false or misleading representations, and unfair practices by debt collectors when...more
On Tuesday evening, Sept. 17, ACA International filed a 155-page comment to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“Bureau”) proposed debt collection rule. The comment advocates for consumers, creditors and a stable U.S....more
On May 21, the CFPB published its long-awaited proposed rule on debt collection practices (“Proposed Rule”) in large part to address application of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) to modern collection issues....more
6/5/2019
/ Bright-Line Rule ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
FCC ,
FDCPA ,
Opt-Outs ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Proposed Rules ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA
On March 20, 2019, the United States Supreme Court held that a foreclosure law firm principally involved in conducting nonjudicial foreclosures (such as Colorado’s foreclosure process) is not covered by the federal Fair Debt...more