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Podcast - The CFPB's Effort to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports
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The CFPB's Rule to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports
U.S. District Court Addresses Federal Preemption for State Credit Reporting Laws
The FTC Enforces the Fair Credit Reporting Act
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Third Circuit holds creditors should investigate all indirect disputes of accounts on a credit report
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The Third Circuit’s Decision in Bibbs v. Trans Union: What it Means for Fair Credit Reporting Act Litigation
Keeping Up With the Bureau Episode 3: Evolving Federal and State Requirements for Furnishers and Users of Consumer Reports - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Keeping Up With the Bureau Episode 2: FCRA Preemption Issues, Infringing State Laws, and the CFPB's Position
CFPB’s Increasingly Active Interest in Credit Reporting - FCRA Focus Podcast
CFPB Advisory Opinion on Name-Only Matching Under FCRA - The Consumer Finance Podcast
The CFPB on April 30, 2025, reached an agreement with lender trade groups to vacate the Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information Rule (the Medical Debt Rule). The joint motion...more
On May 1, the CFPB filed a joint motion with two financial trade groups to vacate a Biden-era rule barring most medical debt from appearing on consumer credit reports. The motion comes after lender groups filed a lawsuit in...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to debt collection practices. Like 2023, the theme of 2024 was medical debt collection....more
On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a final Rule (the “Rule”) that prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including individuals’ medical debt on consumer credit reports....more
On January 7, the CFPB issued a final rule amending Regulation V. Among other things, the final rule prohibits credit reporting companies from including medical bills on credit reports sent to lenders and prohibits lenders...more
On January 7, 2025, the CFPB announced the finalization of a rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., to prohibit the inclusion of medical bills on credit...more
On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule that would generally prohibit lenders from considering medical debt information when determining a consumer’s eligibility for credit, and...more
The CFPB has issued its final rule that will prohibit the inclusion of medical debts in credit reports lenders use to make credit decisions and that will also generally prohibit lenders from using medical debt information in...more
The CFPB has finalized a rule amending regulations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to address the use and reporting of medical information in credit decisions. The Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies...more
On January 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) finalized its rule aimed at removing an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the consumer reports of approximately 15 million Americans....more
This latest installment of our blog posts about the CFPB debt collection rule examines how the final rule will impact credit reporting....more