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.
Thousands of data fields, thousands of financial firms, nine regulatory agencies … the push toward a common thread of communications across financial services would be, will be and already is a monumental undertaking.
Without question the most expensive part of any TCPA class action is class discovery.
Where a TCPA defendant has a unique and individual defense applicable to the named class representative, therefore, it almost always makes sense to seek to limit discovery in the case to issues of the named-plaintiff’s claim to avoid the expense of class discovery.
The past few years have seen a sharp increase in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) across a variety of industries and workplaces. Many businesses have implemented AI to help streamline the recruitment and hiring process in the hopes of making hiring fairer and more efficient.
The banking industry is experiencing a seismic shift as agile, digital-native FinTechs capture an ever-growing share of the market. Burdened by outdated technology, traditional financial institutions face mounting challenges in delivering modern digital services. The growing dominance of FinTechs — securing nearly half of all new account openings — highlights the urgency for banks to modernize their infrastructure.