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Consumer Financial Services Bites of the Month - August 2025 - "August is Over CFPB"

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the August 2025 webinar....more

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CFPB Issues Order Against Student Loan Debt Relief Telemarketer

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On May 20, 2024, the CFPB announced a settlement with a telemarketing company that offers student loan debt relief services to resolve allegations that it violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR") and the Consumer...more

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CFPB Announces Enforcement Action Against the Owner of a Student-Loan Debt Relief Company over Alleged Unauthorized Charges and...

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HIGHLIGHTS: The CFPB announced a complaint against a single defendant - the owner of a student loan debt relief company - concerning unauthorized charges and withdrawals from student borrower accounts in violation of the...more

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CFPB Orders Debt-Relief Payment Processors to Pay More Than $11 Million and Imposes Industry Bans

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The CFPB announced an $11 million resolution of Telemarketing Sales Rule and Consumer Financial Protection Act claims against debt-relief payment processors and two individuals for allegedly collecting improper fees from...more

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CFPB Obtains Bans Against Student-Loan Debt Relief Companies and CEO

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CFPB filed a proposed stipulated final judgment to resolve allegations against affiliated debt relief companies and their top executive concerning alleged wrongful fee-charging practices and deceptive telemarketing in...more

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CFPB Highlights Debt Relief Practices in Student Lending

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Student Lending CFPB Enforcement: Alleging Impermissible Debt Relief Service Advance Fees - Director Kraninger has outlined in various settings, the Bureau’s focus on protecting those often most vulnerable, including...more

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CFPB files lawsuit against companies and individuals involved in offering student debt relief services

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The CFPB filed a complaint last week in a California federal district court against several companies and individuals involved in offering student loan debt relief services for allegedly obtaining consumer reports unlawfully,...more

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CFPB and states file action against student loan debt relief companies and individual owners and managers

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The CFPB, joined by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, North Carolina Department of Justice, and the Los Angeles City Attorney, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against...more

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CFPB files complaint alleging defendants ran unlawful debt relief operation

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The CFPB has filed a complaint in a California federal district court against three law firms and two individual attorneys alleging that they offered debt relief services to consumers in violation of the Telemarketing Sales...more

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District Court: CFPB May Hold Law Firm Owners Individually Liable for Alleged Violations

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The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ruled on July 20, 2016, that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may hold the owners of two law firms offering debt relief services liable for alleged...more

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