Welcome to the Debt Collection and Debt Settlement chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
Enforcement actions related to debt collection and debt...more
2/16/2024
/ Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Credit Repair Services ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Debt-Relief Industry ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDCPA ,
FTC Act ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Student Loans ,
Telemarketing Sales Rule
On November 8, 2021 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it entered into a stipulated order with a payment processor, resolving allegations that the payment processor violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade...more
On September 20, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California against a California-based software company and its...more
In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) granted a no-action letter (NAL) regarding a proposed small-dollar credit product and sought comment on the CFPB’s plan to study how consumers locate, comprehend...more
11/12/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Blockchain ,
Board of Directors ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Debt Settlement Services ,
Disclosure ,
Diversity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Geographic Targeting Order ,
Interest Rates ,
Joint Statements ,
Libor ,
Loans ,
New Guidance ,
New Rules ,
No-Action Letters ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
PayPal ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Shareholders ,
Small Dollar Lenders ,
Student Loans ,
Telemarketing Sales Rule ,
Title Insurance
On November 5, 2020, the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed a complaint against a California student loan debt settlement company and the company’s CEO in the U.S. District Court for the...more