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CFPB, FTC Announce Roundtable On Data Integrity In Debt Collection

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/8/2013

On May 1, the FTC and the CFPB announced a roundtable to “examine the flow of consumer data throughout the debt collection process” and discuss (i) the amount of documentation and other information currently available to...more

CFPB/FTC target debt collection data in June 6 roundtable

by Alan S. Kaplinsky | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/6/2013

The CFPB and FTC have announced that they will co-host a roundtable on June 6, 2013 in Washington, D.C. to examine the flow of consumer data throughout the debt collection process. Titled “Life of a Debt: Data Integrity in...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - May 3, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/6/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - CREDIT CARDS - E-COMMERCE - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY -...more

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act—Hope on the Horizon for Debt Collectors?

by Joseph Guarino, Patrick Lucignani | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 4/10/2013

Debt collection is big business—easily a multibillion-dollar industry. In 2012, approximately 30 million individuals, or 14 percent of American adults, had debt (averaging about $1,500) that was or had been subject to the...more

Consumer Debt Collectors Join the Federally Supervised Community

by Dennis O. Cohen, Joshua Farnsworth | BakerHostetler on 3/27/2013

For the consumer debt collection industry, the federal regulators have arrived. In February 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) began supervising roughly 175 large consumer debt collectors, defined as those...more

CFPB Issues Second Annual Report on FDCPA Activities

by John L. Culhane, Jr., Stefanie Jackman, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Heather Klein, Glen Trudel, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/27/2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s second annual report to Congress on enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) confirms that debt collection will continue to be a major CFPB focus in 2013....more

The Debt Collection Industry And The CFPB: The Beginning Of A Supervisory Relationship And Specific Concerns For Attorneys

by Zachary Miller, Frank Springfield | Burr & Forman on 3/25/2013

Originally Published in ABA's Business Law Today - March 2013. Prior to the enactment and implementation of Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act (Pub. L. No. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2011)), the actions of the nation's large...more

Financial Services Report - Spring 2013

Editor’s Note - This is a dignified law firm newsletter, not like the “Brand X” versions. You won’t find pandering, attention-grabbing stories about Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Ashton Kutcher, Prince William, or...more

Community Banking Excellence - First Quarter 2013

by Timothy R. Moore, Bryan G. Scott, Hugh B. Wellons | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/8/2013

In This Issue: - Conversation with a Community Banking Professional: Ginger Salt of First Community Bank - Are You Using Your Holding Company? - Shifting Winds? Two N.C. Courts Uphold Fiduciary Duty...more

FTC Continues To Target Debt Collectors and Debt Relief Companies

by John L. Culhane, Jr., Stefanie Jackman, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Heather Klein, Glen Trudel, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/11/2013

The Federal Trade Commission’s continuing focus on the debt collection and debt relief industries was clearly demonstrated by several recently announced lawsuits and settlements....more

FTC Issues Debt Buying Industry Study

by John L. Culhane, Jr., Stefanie Jackman, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Heather Klein, Glen Trudel, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/1/2013

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report, The Structure and Practices of the Debt Buying Industry, which the FTC has described as “the first of its kind” empirical study of debt buyers. ...more

CFPB semiannual regulatory agenda: missing items and other mysteries

by Alan S. Kaplinsky | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/14/2013

The CFPB has issued its semiannual regulatory agenda which identifies seven regulatory matters that the CFPB “reasonably anticipates” having under consideration during the period from October 1, 2012 to October 1, 2013....more

Financial Services Report -- Winter 2012

by Michael J. Agoglia, Leonard N. Chanin, Patrick H. Fischer, Charles M. Horn, Oliver I. Ireland, Rebekah Kaufman, Jim McCabe, Daniel A. Nathan, Thomas J. Noto, Obrea O. Poindexter, more +Sean Ruff, Andrew M. Smith, Dwight C. Smith, III, Nathan David Taylor, Nancy R. Thomas | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/18/2012

In This Issue: Bureau Report; Operations Report; Beltway Report; Arbitration Report; Mortgage Report; Privacy Report; Preemption Report; and Plastics Report. Excerpt from the Bureau Report: World’s Most...more

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