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January

19
2024
Compliance

How “location, location, location” can lead to “enforcement, enforcement, enforcement”

Do consumers attend a Christian church? Are they the parents of preschoolers? Would the description “wealthy and not healthy” apply to them? By tracking people’s mobile devices, Texas-based InMarket Media has collected their precise geolocation and cross-referenced their location histories with other personal data to categorize them into roughly 2,000 different audience segments that the company then marketed for the purpose of targeted advertising. According to a proposed FTC complaint,

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January

19
2024
Industry News

CFPB Proposes Rule on Overdraft Fees for Public Comment

The proposal would amend Regulations E and Z and includes a benchmark for overdraft fees compared to bank costs. Comments are due by April 1.

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January

19
2024
Compliance

Daily Decision Recap: ATDS, Debt Purchasers, and More

Each week, ACA International’s compliance team covers relevant case summaries for ACA members. Here’s a rundown of recent top FCRA, TCPA and FDCPA cases we’ve covered.

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January

19
2024
Industry News

CFPB and Seven State Attorneys General Sue Debt-Relief Enterprise, Strategic Financial Solutions, for Illegally Swindling More Than $100 Million from Financially Struggling Families

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and seven state attorneys general sued Strategic Financial Solutions (SFS) and its web of shell companies for running an illegal debt-relief enterprise. The CFPB and state attorneys general also sued the chief architects of the illegal enterprise, Ryan Sasson and Jason Blust.

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January

19
2024
Trends

Credit Card Delinquencies Soar to 12-Year High: Here are the States Where They’re Rising the Most

The number of credit card delinquencies rose by more than 40% in twelve states in the third quarter of 2023 over the same quarter in 2022

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