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COURT RELIES ON CONGRESSIONAL INTENT TO GRANT SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN TCPA CASE
- A ruling in an interesting case from the District Court for the Western District of New York in which Navient Solutions was granted summary judgment after being sued for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. What makes the case interesting is that the case hinges on Congress instructing the FCC to implement rules regarding the permission for entities collecting on behalf of the federal government to use automated telephone dialing systems, but the FCC never following through and actually implementing the rule.
BILLS INTRODUCED IN HOUSE, SENATE TO EXPAND AUTODIALER DEFINITION
- Companion bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate aimed at expanding the definition of automated telephone dialing systems to include platforms that make calls from numbers stored on a list, as well as those that use random or sequential number generators.
THINK-TANK PUBLISHES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING CFPB RULEMAKING PROCESS
- As the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (slowly) considers a rule governing debt collections, a right-leaning think-tank has published its recommendations for how the agency should approach its rulemaking process. The Competitive Enterprise Institute has a series of recommendations for the CFPB because rules that have been issued “have not been based on robust research or consumer desire for regulation,” and instead “have been driven by the Bureau’s ideological hostility to the financial services industry.”
IRS PRIVATE COLLECTION PROGRAM TARGETING LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS
- Nina Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate, whose job it is to protect the rights of taxpayers, has come out again opposing the use of private collection agencies (PCAs) to collect on unpaid tax debts. Olson, in a blog post published last week, also said she has directed the Internal Revenue Service to stop placing certain accounts with the four agencies hired to work on behalf of the tax agency.
U.K. DOOR-TO-DOOR DEBT COLLECTOR MURDERED
- A tragic story out of the U.K. where a door-to-door debt collector was murdered over the weekend. Tina Cantello, a 49-year-old debt collector, was making the third of three house calls on Friday night when she did not return home. Her body was found a day later, after an exhaustive search had been launched.
PDCFLOW ENHANCES PAYMENT HUB TO ALLOW FOR SECURE WEB CHAT PAYMENTS
- PDCflow announces another step forward for payment technology with its new web chat payment feature. With this product, businesses can send a payment form directly to their customers through the online chats used by their customer service departments.
WORTH NOTING: Are you pushing your kids too hard? It may lead to some bad things down the road … An Air Force officer who vanished 35 years ago has been found and is now facing charges of desertion … The Marines are going after older recruits … What could anyone have against Canada? … New technology may automatically tell your car where the nearest parking spot is … How to keep yourself from burning out … Have you been keeping tabs on the blimp industry? You should be … It’s that time of year — what to get your dad for Father’s Day … How to save for retirement when living paycheck to paycheck … Five improvements to boost your home’s value … Robert De Niro had some harsh words for President Trump at last night’s Tony Awards.
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In case you missed – or want to re-watch – Saturday’s Belmont Stakes
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Beam Software. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Beam is a thought leader in portfolio management and collection software. They offer both cloud-based and on-premise solutions to accommodate the entire collection continuum. For more information, please visit www.beamsoftware.com or call (800) 212-2326.
