Balch’s Consumer Finance Compass: How Standing Can Make or Break Certification for Class Action Lawsuits in Debt Collection
2024 Credit Reporting Review: Impactful Changes and Future Forecast — FCRA Focus Podcast
2024 in Review: Major Debt Collection Trends and 2025 Outlook — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating New York City's New Debt Collection Rules — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The CFPB Highlights Alleged Deceptive Debt Collection Practices
Podcast - The CFPB's Effort to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports
Navigating Hot Topics in Consumer Finance: Litigation Trends, Regulatory Changes, and Medical Debt Collection – The Consumer Finance Podcast
FTC and CFPB Focus on Medical, Rental Debt Collection Practices
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce's Michelle Macartney — FCRA Focus Podcast
Resolving FCRA Disputes With e-OSCAR: Insights from Joel Strickland — FCRA Focus Podcast
Year in Review and a Look Ahead: Navigating the Debt Collection Landscape — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Abuse Discovery Practices by the Government
State AG Pulse | Action By MN AG Ellison Could Ripple Through Debt Servicing Industry
CFPB Advisory Opinion on Time-barred Debt Collection - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Announcing Troutman Pepper's New Payments Pros Podcast! - The Consumer Finance Podcast
A Discussion with Nacha on Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Fraud - Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
Unlawful Debt Collection Claims - RICO Report Podcast
Keeping Up With the Bureau Episode 4: Hot Topics in Collections: Fees, Reg F Landscape, and What’s Next - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Fair Lending 101 for Debt Collectors - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Credit Eco to Go Podcast: Competing for the Attention of the Consumer
On July 28, The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced that its amended debt-collection rule, scheduled to take effect on October 1, 2025, has been postponed, leaving the industry in limbo...more
Yesterday, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (NYC DCWP) announced another delay in the effective date of its amended debt collection rules. This marks the second postponement. As discussed here,...more
Happy Monday everyone! The Baroness here. Lets talk about something important. If you haven’t read the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent opinion in McLaughlin Chriopractric v. McKesson, you may want to do so now. It’s a very very...more
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) released its fourth annual report highlighting key accomplishments from 2024 pursuant to its authority under the California Consumer Financial Protection...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a final policy statement (PS25/3) on consumer credit regulatory returns, published together with an updated webpage. The FCA is introducing a new regulatory return for...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and at the state level. CFPB activity continues to be...more
Recently, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) published an FAQ document providing guidance on amended rules for debt collectors, set to become effective on October 1. As previously covered by...more
On March 4, the California DFPI finalized regulations under the Debt Collection Licensing Act (DCLA). The final regulations, which take effect July 1, 2025, clarify key licensing and reporting requirements....more
Join Williams Mullen for our hybrid 2025 Winter Tax Forum on Thursday, February 6th. Our speakers, Anna Derewenda, Kyle Wingfield, Kevin Bender, and Patrick Carr will provide an update on the following: - New Basis...more
The Supreme Court’s June 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overturned Chevron deference and decades of case law guiding debt regulation. Chevron deference, a 40-year-old legal doctrine established by the...more
On October 22, the California DFPI announced the state’s approval of registration regulations enacted under the CCFPL, which will require providers of (1) debt settlement services, (2) education financing, (3) income-based...more
Starting in mid-2024, Illinois hospitals will be required to take a much more active role in limiting consumers’ medical debt by screening all consenting uninsured patients for both public health insurance program coverage...more
To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, recently affirmed the district court’s decision denying the plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block...more
The enforcement grace period for the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs’ (“DCA”) new debt collection rules, ends today, October 1st....more
As discussed in our June 12th and August 7th posts, The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”) issued new debt collection rules related to limited English proficiency servicing, which took effect June 27, 2020....more
Several industry trade groups have sent a letter to the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) in which they set forth proposed FAQs to assist compliance with the new requirements relating to consumers’ language...more
ACA International has reported that after discussions last week with the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), the DCA is expected to announce a 60-day enforcement grace period for the new requirements relating...more
On April 17, 2020, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey promulgated emergency regulation 940 CMR 35.00 to address “unfair and deceptive debt collection practices during the state of emergency caused by COVID-19.” The...more
The New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") has finalized the last piece of the Empire State's student loan servicer puzzle. On October 1st, the DFS issued a Student Loan Servicers Regulation (the "Regulation") that...more
At a recent DBA International Symposium on New York State’s debt collection rules and regulations, New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) Executive Deputy Superintendent Joy Feigenbaum clarified certain provisions in...more
Last month, the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) finalized a regulation with a number of novel requirements affecting debt collection (including servicing delinquent loans) in New York. Previously, debt...more
Earlier this month, New York adopted enhanced consumer debt collection regulations proposed by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). The regulations, among other things, require debt collectors to...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) published its final debt collection regulations on December 3, 2014, following an extensive rulemaking period. The regulations impose requirements on third-party debt...more