CFPB ISSUES FAQS RELATED TO REG F
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published a set of “Frequently Asked Questions” or FAQs relative to Regulation F that provide answers to questions about the Limited-Content Message and the call frequency provisions of the debt collection rule.
FCC RELEASES PRICING FOR REASSIGNED NUMBER DATABASE ACCESS
- The Federal Communications Commission has announced the pricing structure for its Reassigned Number Database, which will attempt to inform callers, including those in the accounts receivable management industry, whether a consumer’s cell phone number has been disconnected or reassigned.
ONTARIO SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES REBRANDING, NAME CHANGE
- After more than 40 years as Ontario Systems, the company rebranded itself yesterday, announcing it will be known as Finvi (pronounced fin-vī) and launching a new website and new logo.
STATE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS RULING AGAINST ATTORNEY WHO SUED COLLECTOR
- The Supreme Court of Montana has affirmed a lower court’s ruling against a plaintiff’s attorney who filed suit against a debt collector, another attorney who was hired to collect on a judgment against the plaintiff’s attorney, and a law firm that had agreed to have its offices used for a deposition after a judgment was entered against the plaintiff’s attorney for his actions in an underlying Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case.
VETERANS AFFAIRS ANNOUNCES END OF COLLECTION MORATORIUM
- In yet another sign that things are shifting back toward what they were before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, the Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the end of an 18-month pause in its collection efforts. Starting October 1, veterans with unpaid copays or benefits overpayments must start making payments on those debts. The department also announced that it will restart deducting debts from benefits payments made to veterans on January 1.
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