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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
Well Americans have endured 3 billion more robocalls in 2025 than in 2024 according to YouMail’s famous Robocall Index. The Index reveals Americans received 4,829,181,100 robocalls in May, 2025 as opposed to 4,480,264,800 in...more
In response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) request for input on unnecessary compliance burdens, the debt collection industry, led by ACA International, is advocating for significant reforms to the Telephone...more
So it is being reported by Communications Daily that FCC Republican Commissioner Nathan Simington is expected to either leave the agency or announce his imminent departure this week. ...more
On March 12, 2025, Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) chair, Brendan Carr, opened a new docket titled In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete (the “Notice”), asking for the public’s help in identifying “unnecessary” FCC rules,...more
We are pleased to share our annual review of regulatory and legal developments in the consumer financial services industry. With active federal and state legislatures, consumer financial services providers faced a challenging...more
On Friday, January 24, 2025, just one business day before it was to take effect on January 27, the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) One-to-One Consent Rule that was adopted as an...more
While Monday was the original compliance deadline for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) new one-to-one consent requirement under its Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations, a decision...more
In a previous post, we discussed the oral arguments held on December 18, 2024, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in the case of Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited (IMC) v. Federal Communications...more
On the final business day before it was to go into effect, the FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule, which redefines consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, was delayed for one year by FCC order. Minutes later, the new...more
Since the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which narrowly interpreted the dialing technologies that are considered an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS) regulated by the...more
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
Each year, robocalls account for hundreds of thousands of consumer complaints to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—more than all other complaints combined. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which is...more
On September 27, 2024, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel gave a speech on AI regulation by the FCC, highlighting her goal of improving transparency in the use of AI technology in the communications industry. The speech...more
The following is a review of notable cases and regulatory developments for nonprofit organizations at the federal and state levels during the last two years....more
Given the inability of the U.S. Congress to pass a comprehensive privacy law (such as the proposed and likely dead-on-arrival APRA), the United States continues to be left with a patchwork of sector-specific laws and a...more
Commission Declares TCPA Prohibits AI-Generated Voices - Following up on January’s update, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Declaratory Ruling that confirms that the prohibitions in the Telephone...more
The FCC reminded companies this month that calls containing “artificial or prerecorded voices” are regulated by TCPA. And, that the FCC considers AI-generated voices to be just the kind of “artificial” that fall within the...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more
Hard to believe 2024 marks 25 years since the Y2K panic. If Y2K means little to you, you're either too young or, like many of us at Explainer Things, you've blocked out the memories of end-of-times fearmongering and...more
The start of the year is a good time to assess and refine your telemarketing business practices (including automated text marketing) for success in 2024. This is particularly critical in light of recent government actions...more
On January 31, 2024, Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel released a statement proposing that the FCC impose blanket restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in...more
North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Josh Stein led a bipartisan effort urging the federal government to impose stricter regulations on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in telemarketing. The collective push involved 26...more
Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Ronsenworcel recently announced a proposed directive to focus the FCC on AI’s burgeoning role in scam calls, particularly those targeting the elderly. The proposal will be...more
In July 2021, Florida passed the Florida Telemarketing Solicitation Act (FTSA), affectionately called the "mini-TCPA" by some. Like the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), FTSA amended Florida's pre-existing...more