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New York Fed report on credit insecurity highlights regional disparities and improvements

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Recently, the New York Fed’s released a report titled, “Credit Insecurity in the United States, 2018-2023,” which examined the state of credit security across the U.S. over a five-year period. It introduced the Credit...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Mark Your Calendars: 2025 Compliance Dates for Key Consumer and Small Business Financial Services Regulations

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One of the primary challenges with working in the U.S. financial services space is keeping up with the ever-changing federal and state regulatory landscape. Juggling the day-to-day fire drills while staying atop of regulatory...more

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Courts Repeatedly Dismiss Cases Where Plaintiffs Are Unable To Plausibly Allege Viable Claims Under The Fair Credit Reporting Act

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The entire spectrum of furnishers – from national banks to fintechs, finance companies to servicers, debt purchasers to collection agencies – have faced a recent onslaught of cases filed by consumers under the Fair Credit...more

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U.S. District Court Addresses Federal Preemption for State Credit Reporting Laws

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In this episode of Consumer Finance Compass, Balch’s Jason Tompkins, partner in Balch & Bingham’s Consumer Finance Compliance & Defense Practice, explores the decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine in...more

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CFPB issues two new FCRA advisory opinions on background screening reports and disclosure of credit files to consumers

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On January 11, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued two new advisory opinions: Fair Credit Reporting; Background Screening and Fair Credit Reporting; File Disclosure. The advisory opinions are part of...more

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Third Circuit Holds Creditors Should Investigate All Indirect Disputes Of Accounts On A Credit Report - (Video Transcript)

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Welcome to Balch's Consumer Finance Compass, where we'll navigate the complex regulatory sphere that is consumer finance. I'm Jason Tompkins, chair of the firm's Issues and Appeals Practice and member of the Consumer Finance...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: November 2022

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Headlines: CFPB Reminds Credit Bureaus and Furnishers of Their Obligations to Investigate Disputes The CFPB has issued guidance on the obligations of both credit bureaus and furnishers of consumer credit information,...more

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Equitable Defense Proves Valuable in FCRA Suit

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The U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina found that the plaintiff was equitably estopped from pursuing a FCRA claim in light of her behavior related to the manner in which she chose to make her...more

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The CARES Act: Modifications to FCRA Obligations on Furnishers of Credit Information

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On the evening March 25, 2020, the Senate passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The House of Representatives passed the CARES Act...more

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The Conundrum of Credit Reporting In and After Bankruptcy: Help May Be on the Way

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Creditors and credit furnishers often find properly reporting a payment status to Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs) during, and after, bankruptcy a challenge. The recent Report of the American Bankruptcy Institute on Consumer...more

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CFPB May Focus on Credit Reporting as an Enforcement Priority

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On February 28, 2017, the CFPB issued its monthly complaint report spotlighting credit reporting complaints (the Spotlight). Two days later, the Bureau issued a Special Edition of its Supervisory Highlights Report, which also...more

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