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August

7
2024
Compliance

U.S. Continues Patchwork of Comprehensive Data Privacy Requirements: New Laws Set to Take Effect Over Next 2 Years

Twelve new state comprehensive data privacy laws are set to go into effect over the next two years as the United States continues to catch up to foreign jurisdictions like the European Economic Area (EEA), making a total of nineteen such state laws enacted to date.

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August

7
2024
Trends

Fed Data Shows 9.1% of Credit Card Balances Hit Delinquency Status This Year

Delinquency rates are unchanged, at least in the second quarter. But debt is still rising, indicating the pressures of recent and continued spending on credit cards, on new auto loans and new mortgages may tip those delinquencies higher.

And in the meantime, in the effort to combat those interest payment pressures, might it be the case that buy now, pay later loans see a wider embrace by U.S. households?

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August

6
2024
Trends

WebRecon June 2024 Stats: Everything Down in June, Yet Up YTD

Quick analysis: Everything Down in June, Yet Up YTD

Not sure we’ve seen this one before! in June, every consumer complaint statute we track was down (TCPA -7.4%, FDCPA -32.1%, FCRA -9.2%), yet every one of them was still up year to date (TCPA +8.6%, FDCPA +15.4%, FCRA +21.1%).

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August

6
2024
Industry News

FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued its list of state nonmember banks recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).  The list covers evaluation ratings that the FDIC assigned to institutions in May 2024.

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August

6
2024

FTC Action Leads to Permanent Bans for Scammers Behind Sprawling Credit Repair Pyramid Scheme

As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, the owners and operators of a sprawling credit repair operation known as Financial Education Services (FES) will end the practices that the FTC alleged created a pyramid scheme and also violated the Credit Repair Organizations Act.  In addition, the proposed court orders include substantial monetary penalties.

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