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CFPB sues Horizon Card Services and CEO, saying they cheated low-income people through membership scheme

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The CFPB earlier this month filed suit against Horizon Card Services and its CEO and sole shareholder Robert Kane for allegedly tricking subprime consumers into signing up for a high-fee credit card that only allowed them to...more

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In Rare Move, the CFPB Comes to the Defense of Bank

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In an unusual move, the CFPB is coming to the defense of a bank being accused of failing to provide repayment disclosures to a borrower....more

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Military Lending Act violations alleged against title lender in Georgia class action

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A proposed class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on February 21, 2024 against TitleMax of Georgia, Inc. and TMX Finance LLC (together, “TitleMax”) accuses the Georgia-based...more

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New Jersey Federal Court Holds Bank Levy Provides Basis for Standing in FDCPA Case

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On September 15, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied the defendant’s summary judgment motion holding instead that a bank levy against the plaintiff served as a basis for standing to assert a claim...more

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CFPB and OCC announce consent orders with Bank of America involving deposit account representment fees and credit cards

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The CFPB and the OCC announced that they have each entered into a consent order with Bank of America, N.A. for alleged violations arising from the Bank’s representment fee practices (“Fee Consent Orders”). The CFPB also...more

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Non-Creditor Advertising of Credit Pre-Approvals Likely Deceptive

The federal banking regulators have guidance in place regarding the advertising of credit pre-approvals, and, of course, Regulation Z and the Truth In Lending Act have provisions regarding how and when a pre-approval can be...more

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District Court Expands on Pantoja, Finds Collection Letter on Stale Debt to Violate FDCPA for Failure to Include Revival Warning

A recent decision from the North District of Illinois has expanded on the Seventh Circuit’s holding in Pantoja v. Portfolio Recovery Assocs., LLC, 852 F.3d 679 (7th Cir. 2017) regarding revival warnings in collections letters...more

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