On this episode of Credit Eco to Go with Joann Needleman, former CFPB Deputy Director, Tom Pahl, stops by to talk Regulation F. Tom has been the point person on #debtcollection policy while serving at both the FTC and the...more
On this episode of the Credit Eco to Go podcast hosted by Joann Needleman:
Ralph Liberio, President and CEO of NCB Management Services, Inc. stops by Clark Hill’s Credit Eco to Go to discuss the CFPB’s new debt collection...more
On Dec. 18, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) completed its seven-year rulemaking process for debt collection. In 2013, the CFPB embarked on an ambitious journey to write regulations to interpret...more
On Sept. 25, California’s Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 908 enacting California’s Debt Collection Licensing Act or DCLA. Enforcement of the law begins Jan. 1, 2022, and regulations interpreting the law are...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) Final Rule for Debt Collection (Final Rule) not only provides industry with a much-needed (and long-awaited) framework for the interpretation of the Fair Debt...more
The long-awaited Final Rule (Regulation F) for the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) was issued Friday afternoon, concluding a seven-year rulemaking process. In its official press release, the Consumer Financial...more
On Tuesday, the Democrats unveiled their latest legislative proposal: The “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act” or “HEROES Act.” The official summary of the bill calls it “transformative legislation...more
Last Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPR) for time-barred debt disclosures. ...more
On August 27, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) settled its first enforcement action based on alleged violations of its money transfer rules with Maxitransfers Corp. (Maxitransfers), a...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) Notice of Proposed Rule (NPR) is a dense 500-page document. In the NPR, the CFPB puts forth numerous proposals which seek to clarify numerous debt collection...more
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) for debt collection. These proposals precede a final rule, that will be known as Regulation F,...more
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or "the Bureau") Director, Kathleen L. Kraninger, spoke yesterday at the Bipartisan Policy Center regarding her outlined vision for the Bureau. ...more
On Friday, August 25, 2017, a Federal District Court in the Northern District of Georgia took the extraordinary step of dismissing an enforcement action brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau")...more
On Thursday, June 8, 2017, during a public session of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) Consumer Advisory Board meeting, Director Richard Cordray announced that the CFPB was changing course on one key aspect...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau") released findings of a survey (the "Survey") on consumer views on debt and the debt collection process. The Survey takes aim at not only third party debt...more
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau"), issued its outline of proposals under consideration for the regulation of debt collection. More than three years in the making, the CFPB's proposals will...more