COLLECTOR FACING CLASS ACTION FOR SENDING EMAIL AFTER 9PM
- A collector is facing a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action lawsuit in a Pennsylvania district court because it allegedly sent an email to the plaintiff after 9pm.
- More details here.
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APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS $130K RULING FOR PLAINTIFF IN FDCPA CASE
- The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld a ruling for the plaintiff that ordered the defendant in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case to pay $51,000 in damages and $88,000 in attorney’s fees after a jury ruled the defendant misrepresented that a lien had been placed on the plaintiff’s house and falsely threatening to foreclose on the property if the plaintiff failed to pay the alleged debt.
- More details here.
WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE PASSES CREDIT REPAIR BILL
- Kudos to the Washington Collectors Association for getting a bill passed through the state legislature that will require credit repair services to obtain written authorization from a consumer prior to communicating with a consumer reporting agency, creditor, or collection agency while also placing other conditions on how credit repair services interact with consumers.
- More details here.
MORE CONSUMERS USING BNPL TO HELP MAKE ENDS MEET: SURVEY
- Buy Now, Pay Later services were originally intended to be a form of short-term financing, to spread payments out for different types of purchases across a relatively short period of time. But new evidence suggests that more consumers are using BNPL as “lifelines” that help them get by until they receive their next paycheck.
- More details here.
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