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  Last week, in conjunction with a field hearing, the CFPB issued a new Consumer Financial Protection Circular and an Issue Spotlight on Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations in connection with nursing home debt. [read post]
3 Apr 2021, 1:58 pm by Richard Symmes
Consumers often report that they receive solicitations for new credit after they have received a bankruptcy discharge. [read post]
10 Sep 2020, 9:46 am by Christine Emello
  California is also on the cusp of enacting a law requiring licensure of persons who are engaged in the business of collecting, on behalf of themselves or others, debts arising from consumer credit transactions with consumers who reside in California. [read post]
29 Jul 2011, 6:00 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer regularly represents and defends plan sponsors, fiduciaries, third party administrators and other service providers and management officials in dealings with the Department of Labor, Department of Justice, Department of Health & Human Services, Department of Defense, Securities and Exchange Commission, state insurance regulators, state attorneys general and other federal and state regulators and prosecutors and private plaintiffs in connection with… [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 12:16 pm by Kim Zetter
Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, entities that broker certain information about consumers, such as credit reporting agencies, must make an effort to provide fair and accurate information and give people an opportunity to correct inaccurate information about themselves. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 8:03 am by Jeff Sovern
 In this connection, the Board welcomes the action of the Committee on Government Operations in opening hearings next week . . . to establish a Department of Consumer Affairs. [read post]
8 Sep 2012, 10:59 am
Here is an article discussing an effort by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and, surprisingly, the Department of Education to open up more options to discharge a private student loan in bankruptcy. [read post]
11 Oct 2005, 6:45 am
But as of Friday, the Justice Department reports that just 41 nonprofit credit counseling agencies - some equipped with call centers in Phoenix, Atlanta and Minneapolis - had been certified. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 3:50 pm by Allison Tussey
Court records show that the conspirators secured loans for the unqualified consumers by providing lenders with documents that contained fraudulent customer information, such as false income, assets, and credit. [read post]
5 Oct 2017, 8:00 am by Sevens Legal
In August Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency, announced that over 140 million had their information compromised after a data breach took place between May and July. [read post]
24 Oct 2017, 5:14 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
  In 2015, the Department of Defense adopted a final rule that dramatically expanded the MLA’s scope. [read post]
5 Jul 2010, 8:10 pm by Josh Wright
Filed under: business, consumer protection, credit cards, economics, federal trade commission, financial regulation [read post]
7 Mar 2009, 6:11 am
"The banks need another bailout and countless homeowners cannot handle their mortgage payments, but one group is paying its bills: the dead.Dozens of specially trained agents work on the third floor of DCM Services here, calling up the dear departed's next of kin and kindly asking if they want to settle the balance on a credit card or bank loan, or perhaps make that final utility bill or cellphone payment. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 10:35 am by Adam Solomon
Under these rules, secondary transactions will require consumer to re-enter credit card information. [read post]
27 Oct 2017, 3:00 am by Taras Rudnitsky
The post Car Dealer Fraud Results in Client Recovering Money Damages appeared first on Helping Florida Consumers. [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 8:36 am by Pamela Foohey
Rome Finance would offer credit to consumers for the purchase of such electronics primarily at mall kiosks near military bases, promising instant financing and no money down. [read post]
2 May 2008, 6:16 pm
Because personal finance is not taught in finance departments. [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 3:41 pm by Jared Bomberg
Additionally, the White House announced that financial institutions such as JPMorganChase and Bank of America, in partnership with Fair Isaac Corporation, will make credit scores available for free to their consumer card customers. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 7:50 am
Our internal audit department requires us to maintain a subsidiary ledger to track this account. [read post]