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CFPB, industry groups ask Federal Judge to kill bureau medical debt rule

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The CFPB says it wants to scrap a Biden Administration rule that prohibits credit reporting agencies from including medical debts on credit reports, one of many Biden era rules that the Trump Administration has sought to...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - 2024 Annual Review - Debt Collection

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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

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CFPB’s Recent Rule Eliminates Medical Debt from Credit Reports

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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

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CFPB finalizes rule to remove medical bills from credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering medical information

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

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CFPB Finalizes Rule Removing Medical Bills from Credit Reports

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

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CFPB Finalizes Rule Curbing Use and Reporting of Medical Debt

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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

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CFPB issues medical debt rule; regulation immediately challenged in federal court

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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

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CFPB Finalizes Rule to Limit Impact of Medical Debt on Credit Reporting

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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

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Trade Associations File Challenge to CFPB’s Rule on Medical Debt in Consumer Reports

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) finalized a rule aimed at removing an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the consumer reports of approximately 15 million Americans. This rule amends...more

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CFPB Finalizes Rule to Remove Medical Bills from Consumer Reports

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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

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NCLC Asks CFPB to Consider Residential Leases as Credit for Specific Purposes

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The National Consumer Law Center is asking the CFPB, by way of a petition, for rulemaking that is long on policy arguments but woefully short on legal support, as we note below, to define residential leases as “credit” under...more

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Spring Cleaning for FCRA Compliance: Using the Most Up-To-Date Federal Summary of Rights

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) updated Final Rule on the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Summary of Rights includes such non-substantive changes as corrections to contact information for various...more

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CPFB Issues Final Rule for Credit Reporting for Survivors of Human Trafficking

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On June 23, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule, prohibiting consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) from reporting adverse information resulting from human trafficking on survivors’ credit reports....more

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FTC Approves 5 FCRA Rule Changes

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rulemaking on Sept. 8, 2021, clarifying that five Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) rules for which it retains rulemaking authority will apply only to motor vehicle dealers....more

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The CFPB’s final collections rule: impact on credit reporting

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This latest installment of our blog posts about the CFPB debt collection rule examines how the final rule will impact credit reporting....more

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New FCRA Summary of Rights for Background and Credit Checks

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On September 12, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the federal agency which oversees the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) issued an interim final rule updating the agency’s model FCRA notice....more

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