Debt Collection

The CFPB Settles With National Credit Adjusters
The CFPB Settles With National Credit Adjusters
July 16, 2018  |  CFPB

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection announced late last week it settled with the National Credit Adjusters, a private company, as well as its chief executive...

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Changing The Direction Of Debt Collection
Changing The Direction Of Debt Collection
March 27, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

Debt collectors are historically an unpopular group of people. Even the Bible has shade to throw their way. (Debt collectors, Biblically speaking, share a category...

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ABA Urges CFPB To Scrap Debt Collection Survey (And They Did)
ABA Urges CFPB To Scrap Debt Collection Survey (And They Did)
December 20, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), under the leadership of Mick Mulvaney, has withdrawn its request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to...

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CFPB Gets $14M In Relief For Deceived Consumers Since Start Of Year
CFPB Gets $14M In Relief For Deceived Consumers Since Start Of Year
September 13, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Tuesday (Sept. 12) that recent supervisory actions resulted in $14 million in relief to more than 104,000 consumers from...

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FTC: Fraudsters Posed As Attorneys In Debt Collection Scheme
FTC: Fraudsters Posed As Attorneys In Debt Collection Scheme
July 18, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is putting the kibosh on a debt collection operation’s illegal activity. The operation had been extorting money from consumers, who...

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For CFPB, About Face On Debt Collection?
For CFPB, About Face On Debt Collection?
June 12, 2017  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has reversed course about debt collection, and, as The American Banker noted, “in a big win for third-party debt...

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Debt Collection, Made Easier And … Gentler?
Debt Collection, Made Easier And … Gentler?
May 09, 2017  |  Data Drivers

Debt may be among the most four letter of the four-letter words when payback goes awry. And against the burden of interest — and in the...

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Loophole To Remain On Federal Debt Collection?
Loophole To Remain On Federal Debt Collection?
April 19, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

In some respects, debt collection remains a bit of gray area, in terms of who owes what, when it can be collected and how firms...

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FTC Returns Funds to Debt Collection Scheme Victims
FTC Returns Funds to Debt Collection Scheme Victims
March 31, 2017  |  Debt

Anyone who’s ever been strapped for cash and looking for a small loan to tide them over until payday has likely turned to debt collection businesses....

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