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August

23
2023
Industry News

FDIC to Propose New Regulations for Midsize Lenders Next Week

The plans to be released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Aug. 29 are the latest response by Washington officials to the failure of three regional banks earlier this year. The FDIC said it will also unveil a plan to make lenders of that size bolster their hypothetical wind down plans.

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August

22
2023
Industry News

7th Circuit affirms dismissal of FDCPA case

On August 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant defendants’ motion to dismiss, ruling that the plaintiff lacked standing. Plaintiff defaulted on a credit card debt that was purchased by one of the defendants and hired another defendant to collect said debt.

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August

22
2023
Industry News

Illinois Amends Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act

Illinois recently amended its Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (the Act) to address marketing materials sent to a consumer by a mortgage company not associated with the consumer’s mortgage company (referred to here as, “unrelated marketing materials”).

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August

22
2023
Trends

Medical debt is squeezing millions of middle-class Americans, report says

Middle-class Americans are the most likely to be saddled with medical debt, with nearly 1 in 4 — or roughly 17 million people — having unpaid medical bills, according to a report shared first with Axios from center-left think tank Third Way.

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August

22
2023
Industry News

Permanent Injunction and $650,000 Civil Penalty Imposed on Experian

The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), today announced that ConsumerInfo.com, Inc. dba Experian Consumer Services (Experian), has agreed to a permanent injunction and a $650,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement to resolve alleged violations of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act), the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Rule (CAN-SPAM Rule), and the Federal Trade Commission Act.

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