The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (formerly the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) has released a new Complaint Snapshot, exploring consumer complaints regarding modern debt-collection practices. The Bureau has received approximately 400,500 debt collection complaints since July 2011, amounting to 27 ...
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House Bill Could Exclude Attorneys from FDCPA
The House Financial Services Committee recently advanced a bill, H.R. 5082, that could have major implications for the default servicing industry, and most especially the law firms that work within it. The bill amends the definition of “debt collectors” under ...
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Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now. The United States Supreme Court, in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., settled a circuit court split and solidified what may turn out to be a ...
Read More »FCC Recommends Limitations to Debt Collection Rule
The FCC has released formal recommendations for how recent changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) will be implemented—and the mortgage industry should take note.
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