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May

1
2023
Industry News

US regulators seize First Republic and sell 'substantially all assets' to JPMorgan in largest bank failure since 2008 crisis

Regulators seized First Republic (FRC) early on Monday and sold the bulk of the bank's operations to JPMorgan Chase (JPM) in the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis.

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May

1
2023
Industry News

Attorney General James Takes Action to Protect New Yorkers’ Homes and Combat Deed Theft

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James, State Senator Brian Kavanagh, State Senator Zellnor Myrie, and Assemblymember Helene Weinstein today announced new legislation to strengthen protections and remedies for victims of deed theft and bolster the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) ability to prosecute these crimes.

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May

1
2023
Industry News

Colorado Supreme Court Confirms Bankruptcy Discharge Does Not Trigger Statute of Limitations to Recover Debt

Colorado just became the latest state to recognize that a borrower’s bankruptcy discharge does not accelerate secured installment debt or trigger the final statute of limitations period to recover the debt.

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May

1
2023
Industry News

FTC Lawsuit Leads to Permanent Ban from Debt Relief, Telemarketing for Operators of Debt Relief Scam

As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, the operators of an alleged credit card debt relief scheme based in Tennessee have agreed to court orders that would permanently ban them from telemarketing and selling debt relief products or services.

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May

1
2023
Trends

WEBRECON MARCH 2023 STATS: INCREASED COMPLAINTS ACROSS THE BOARD

In March, some ground was made up against February’s much lower-than-normal numbers with FDCPA (+9.5%), FCRA (+20.9%) and FCRA (+27.1%) all way up over the previous month, and CFPB complaints even got in on the action with a +15% increase as well.

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