Credit reporting agencies are getting under consumers’ skin: 75% of complaints made to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2022 had to do with credit or consumer reporting, according to its annual report released March 31.
On March 30, 2023, a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held in a precedential opinion that debt collectors can send collection letters to debtors after the expiration of the statute of limitations without violating federal or Pennsylvania law, so long as the debt collector does not file suit in court.
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau today took further action against voice service provider One Eye LLC, which the regulator said is continuing to facilitate illegal robocalls from overseas as a gateway provider, flouting FCC warnings to cease carrying unlawful traffic.
WASHINGTON — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of March 1, 2023, through March 31, 2023. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings. The possible ratings are outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, and substantial noncompliance.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a final rule required by Congress “to increase transparency in small-business lending, promote economic development, and combat unlawful discrimination,” according to a news release.