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January

8
2024
Industry News

CFPB Files Amicus Brief in Case Contesting Debt Collection Letter Sent in Bankruptcy

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed an amicus brief in a consumer’s appeal of a decision that a debt collection letter they received in bankruptcy did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

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January

8
2024
Industry News

U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects Over $25 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2023

United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Zachary A. Myers, announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office collected $25,434,282 in asset forfeiture and financial litigation debt in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, $15,244,637 was collected through asset forfeiture actions and $10,189,645 was collected through civil and criminal debt collection actions.

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January

8
2024
Industry News

Biden-Harris Administration Takes Additional Action to Hold Student Loan Servicers Accountable for Failing to Meet Contractual Obligations

The Biden-Harris Administration today announced it is withholding payments to three student loan servicers as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) continued efforts to strengthen protections for student loan borrowers and hold servicers accountable. The Department has found that Aidvantage, EdFinancial, and Nelnet all failed to meet contractual obligations to send timely billing statements to a combined total of 758,000 borrowers for the first month of repayment. As a result of identifying these errors,

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January

8
2024
Industry News

Auto dealers challenge new US FTC car-buyer consumer protection rules

WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Two groups representing auto dealers said on Friday they had filed a legal challenge to the Federal Trade Commission's new sweeping consumer protection regulations finalized last month.

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January

8
2024
Trends

Americans are racking up more ‘phantom debt’ — why that’s a problem

Some types of debt can haunt you. “Buy now, pay later” loans, especially, can be hard to track, making it easier for more consumers to get in over their heads, some experts say — even more than credit cards, which are simpler to account for, despite sky-high interest rates.

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