In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to debt collection. If debt collection in 2023 had a theme it would be medical debt....more
2/1/2024
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Reports ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDCPA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Loan Servicing ,
Medical Debt ,
Mortgages ,
Payday Loans ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Student Loans ,
UDAAP
Many finance companies, debt buyers, debt collectors, and collection law firms wrestle with the question of which statute of limitations to apply when collecting a deficiency balance on a retail installment contract. States...more
Over the past six months or so, creditors, servicers, and debt collectors alike have been forced to revisit disaster management policies in light of the unique and far-reaching impact of COVID-19: it is at once a nationwide...more
11/3/2020
/ Collateral ,
Collection Agencies ,
Consumer Reporting Agencies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Natural Disasters ,
Policies and Procedures
As a supplement to its notice of proposed rulemaking on debt collection, on February 21, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued additional proposed rules addressing attempts to collect debts for which the...more
4/13/2020
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FDCPA ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Revival ,
State Law Claims ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Time-Barred Debt
This article is part of a series of articles and webinars Hudson Cook will present over the coming weeks addressing the CFPB's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Debt Collection (the "Proposals"). While the Proposals, if...more
7/2/2019
/ Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDCPA ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Public Comment ,
Skip Tracing ,
Time-Barred Debt ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices