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Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Final Rule on Consumer Disclosures Related to Debt Collection

December 22, 2020December 20, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued a final rule to implement Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) requirements regarding certain disclosures for consumers. The rule requires …

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Legal Complaint
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Debt Collector BounceBack, Inc.

December 13, 2020December 12, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a lawsuit against BounceBack, Inc. for allegedly engaging in deceptive and otherwise unlawful debt collection acts or practices. BounceBack, based …

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Debt Collector for Engaging in Deceptive Debt Collection Practices in Three States

December 10, 2020December 9, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) recently issued a consent order against RAB Performance Recoveries, LLC (RAB) for threatening to sue and suing consumers to collect debts …

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FTC Stops Debt Collector’s Alleged “Debt Parking” Scheme, Requires It to Delete Debts It Placed on Consumers’ Credit Reports
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FTC Stops Debt Collector’s Alleged “Debt Parking” Scheme, Requires It to Delete Debts It Placed on Consumers’ Credit Reports

December 2, 2020December 1, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against a debt collection company that allegedly placed bogus or highly questionable debts onto consumers’ credit reports to coerce them to …

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Debt Loan
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Final Rule to Implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued a final rule to restate and clarify prohibitions on harassment and abuse, false or misleading representations, and unfair practices by debt …

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Business / National

FTC Acts to Shut Down Unlawful Debt Collection Operation

October 18, 2020October 17, 2020 - by MyChesCo

A federal court has shut down an Atlanta-based debt collector in response to a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging that its agents threatened consumers with arrest and imprisonment and tried to collect …

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Business / National

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles Lawsuit with Multiple Debt Collectors and Debt Buyers

October 18, 2020October 17, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a proposed stipulated final judgment and order to settle its lawsuit against Encore Capital Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, Midland …

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‘Operation Corrupt Collector’ Targets Debt Collectors Trying to Collect on Non-Existent Debts, Using Illegal Scare Tactics
Business / Crime / National

‘Operation Corrupt Collector’ Targets Debt Collectors Trying to Collect on Non-Existent Debts, Using Illegal Scare Tactics

October 1, 2020September 30, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with the Federal Trade Commission and more than 50 federal and state law enforcement partners, this week announced a nationwide …

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on 2019 Administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Announces Extension of Comment Period
National

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on 2019 Administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Announces Extension of Comment Period

March 23, 2020March 22, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) released the annual report to Congress on the administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Time-Barred Debt Disclosures
Finance / National

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Time-Barred Debt Disclosures

February 22, 2020February 22, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) this week issued a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Supplemental NPRM) regarding the collection of time-barred debt.

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