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FHFA Reverses Course on Bi-Merge; Opens Door to VantageScore 4.0

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In a July 8 social media post, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte stated that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will maintain the long-standing tri-merge requirement requiring lenders to pull...more

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Legislation to prohibit ‘trigger leads’ in mortgage industry reintroduced in House, Senate

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Legislation to prohibit so-called “trigger leads” in the homebuying process once again has been reintroduced in the House and Senate....more

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CFPB Finalizes Rule Removing Medical Bills from Credit Reports

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On January 7, 2025, the CFPB announced the finalization of a rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., to prohibit the inclusion of medical bills on credit...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Will Credit Bureaus Continue to Escape Justice? Part 1: Why Consumers Suffer

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On August 7, in Frazier v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant summary judgment to defendant Equifax, a consumer credit...more

McGlinchey Stafford

FCRA Claims Fail as Mortgagor Could Not Satisfy His Repayment Obligations by Tendering Another Promise to Pay

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On September 19, 2024, the District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed claims against the mortgage lender, its mortgage servicer, and credit reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15...more

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Chopra remarks on how less credit reporting competition may lead to higher mortgage costs

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On May 20, CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra, delivered a speech at a trade association event addressing the rising costs in the mortgage lending industry, which may be due to limited competition in the credit reporting sector....more

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CFPB Director Addresses Credit Report Fees Before the Mortgage Bankers Association

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As part of the CFPB’s crusade against junk fees, CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra addressed credit report fees in prepared remarks at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Secondary & Capital Markets Conference & Expo 2024. While...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Finding that Furnisher Conducted a Reasonable Investigation into Dispute

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In an unpublished decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the decision of a California district court finding that the furnisher conducted a reasonable investigation under the Fair Credit...more

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CFPB Publishes Consumer Response Annual Report

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The CFPB published its Consumer Response Annual Report for 2023, which discusses the consumer complaints received by the CFPB in that year and how companies responded to those complaints. The CFPB monitors consumers’...more

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Revised Trigger Leads Bill Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives

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As previously reported, in 2023 bills were introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 4198) and the U.S. Senate (S. 3502) to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to curtail the practice of trigger leads with...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Bites of the Month - 2023 Annual Review - Debt Collection

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In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to debt collection. If debt collection in 2023 had a theme it would be medical debt....more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - January 2024 - A Hazy Shade of Winter With the CFPB

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the January 2024 webinar....more

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Bills To Curtail Trigger Leads Introduced in Congress

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Bills have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 4198) and the U.S. Senate (S. 3502) to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to curtail the practice of trigger leads with mortgage loans....more

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In the Ninth Circuit Precision is Required in an Offer of Judgment

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A U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California recently held that a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 offer of judgment must clearly state that attorneys’ fees and costs are limited or waived, as Arvest Central...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

A “Note” About Your Mortgage. There is a Difference.

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Most of us wander through life unconcerned about the vagaries of house finance laws until we decide we want a house. Candidly, because of how house purchases come about, most of us don’t know much about mortgage financing...more

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Credit Union Client Alert - September 2023

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In a recently published opinion by Fourth Circuit Judge Quattlebaum, Jr., the majority of the panel found there to be a genuine dispute of material fact in Plaintiff Mark Anthony Guthrie’s North Carolina Debt Collection Act...more

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Latest CFPB Supervisory Highlights Identify Novel Violations Across Host of Financial Products and Services

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On July 26, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its Summer 2023 Supervisory Highlights describing key findings and violations identified during examinations conducted between July 2022 and March 2023....more

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7th Circuit affirms dismissal of FCRA claims against subservicer

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On July 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of a defendant data furnisher in an FCRA case, holding that the plaintiff failed to establish that the defendant provided...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - March 2023 - Beware the Ides of March and the CFPB

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the March 2023 webinar....more

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2022 Year In Review - Consumer Finance

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2022 saw a flurry of regulatory activity by federal enforcement agencies — most notably, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB, or Bureau) — as the industry began to experience the full effects of the change in...more

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9th Circuit affirms decision in FCRA, CFPA, and TSR suit

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In December, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling holding an individual liable for violations of the FCRA, the TSR, and the CFPA after the defendant, who allegedly “played a...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 23

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Millions of Consumers have Cut Their Debts, So Why are Financial Experts Sounding Alarm - "And with stimulus payments a thing of the past and other unusual financial stabilization programs unwinding, the alerts are going...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

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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September Update: COVID-19 Mortgage Servicing Trends Report

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Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. The polling covers hot topics, including forbearances, deferrals, HUD loss mitigation...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (August 3, 2021)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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