SUIT ACCUSES COLLECTOR OF DUPLICATING DISPUTED DEBT
- I originally chose to write about this particular lawsuit because it is one of the first that I have seen to reference the recent changes by the credit reporting agencies to stop including information about medical debts under $500 on consumers’ credit reports, but digging deeper into the complaint, there were some other interesting allegations as well.
- More details here.
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BILLS INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS TO GIVE FCC MORE POWER TO GO AFTER ROBOCALLERS
- Companion bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate that aim to give the Federal Communications Commission more power to try and recover fines and penalties it assesses against robocallers who violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
- More details here.
CFPB ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR CONSUMER ADVISORY BOARD
- Do you think you have what it takes to articulate the objectives and mission of the accounts receivable management industry to a room full of consumer advocates and federal regulators who many in the industry think have it out for debt collectors? Do you think you have what it takes to convince that regulator that you belong in the room? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is accepting applications for its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council.
- More details here.
CALIF. APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS SECOND FEE AWARD FOR COLLECTOR
- I think this might be something along the lines of adding insult to injury … Three months after a different Appeals Court upheld an award to a debt collector of $50,000 in attorney’s fees, another Appeals Court has affirmed the award of $19,651 to the collector after it was accused by a law firm of interfering with the attorney-client relationship between the firm and one of its clients.
- More details here.
CONSUMERS DISH ON THEIR EMERGENCY SPENDING HABITS
- Bankrate recently released a report about the emergency savings that consumers have and I asked ChatGPT to pull out the highlights. This is what it noted.
- More details here.
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