Month: March 2016

During what can be described as a very partisan hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, Richard Cordray, director of ...

The number of debt collection companies sued alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and ...

NEW WRINKLES IN CFPB'S CONSENT ORDER AGAINST CITI Debt buying industry experts pulled no punches in assessing the impact and ...

Rep. Jeb Hensarling , the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee vowed today to introduce legislation that would overhaul ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to refine the boundaries of what it will and will not allow debt buyers ...

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WARNS COURTS OF UNLAWFUL FINES The Justice Department sent out a letter yesterday to chief judges and court ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has opened a new call center to resolve debt collection issues resulting from issues associated ...

A collection agency was awarded a summary judgment dismissal by a Circuit Court in Pennsylvania that it did not violate ...

The Justice Department is sending a letter to chief judges and court administrators in all 50 states, warning them that the ...

OREGON FIRM ACCUSED OF OPERATING PONZI SCHEME A profile of the fall of Aequitas Capital Management, an Oregon company that made ...