Month: June 2022

CFPB GOES AFTER SCAMMER WHO TOOK MONEY FRON CONSUMERS SCAMMED BY SOMEONE ELSE If you are going to scam consumers, ...

Economy

Economic Data Continues to Show More Consumers Struggling to Make Ends Meet

In yet another sign that consumers are struggling financially, the number one reason why online payments declined in April was ...

Technology

25% of Consumers Impacted by ID Theft in 2021: Report

One-quarter of Americans were impacted by identity theft in some way in 2021, according to a report that was issued ...

Compliance

CFPB Goes After Scammer Who Took Money From Consumers Scammed By Someone Else

If you are going to scam consumers, why go to the hassle of trying to find new ones? Why not ...

Compliance

CFPB Opens Inquiry Into Employer-Driven Debt

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced it has opened an inquiry and is soliciting information from the public regarding ...

Daily Digest

Daily Digest – June 9. Getting to Know Dale Watts of Armstrong and Associates; Appeals Court Denies En Banc Request in FDCPA Case

GETTING TO KNOW DALE WATTS OF ARMSTRONG AND ASSOCIATES Reading his answers, how could anyone not want to work for ...

Compliance

Colorado Enacts Medical Debt Collection Bill

The governor of Colorado yesterday signed a bill into law that will prohibit healthcare facilities from pursuing debt collection activities ...

Compliance

Bipartisan Privacy Bill Unveiled by Leaders in House, Senate

A draft of a bipartisan, bicameral privacy bill has been released that would preempt some of the provisions of state ...

Compliance

Appeals Court Denies En Banc Request in FDCPA Case, While Dissenting Opinion Says Court Has ‘Strayed Far’ from Standing Threshold

The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has denied an en banc hearing request from a plaintiff after a ...

Getting to Know

Getting to Know Dale Watts of Armstrong and Associates