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April

3
2023
Industry News

State AG may help with delinquent debt collection in Rossford

ROSSFORD — City council is considering the use of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office for delinquent debt collection.

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April

3
2023
Industry News

CFPB Issues Guidance to Address Abusive Conduct in Consumer Financial Markets

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a policy statement that explains the legal prohibition on abusive conduct in consumer financial markets and summarizes over a decade of precedent. The CFPB leads enforcement and supervision efforts to identify and end abusive conduct against consumers. In 2010, in response to the financial crisis, Congress passed the Consumer Financial Protection Act, and created the prohibition on abusive conduct.

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April

3
2023
Trends

OCC Reports Fourth Quarter 2022 Bank Trading Revenue

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported cumulative trading revenue of U.S. commercial banks and savings associations of $9.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. The fourth quarter trading revenue was $3.1 billion, or 24.5 percent, less than in the previous quarter and $2.4 billion, or 33.9 percent, more than in the fourth quarter of 2021.

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April

3
2023
Trends

Soaring Auto Loan Rates Are the Latest Roadblock for Car Sales

(Bloomberg) -- Just when it seemed like things were getting back to normal at Rhett Ricart’s Columbus, Ohio, car dealerships — after pandemic-induced inventory shortages and runaway price inflation — a new obstacle emerged to keep buyers from closing the deal: soaring interest rates on auto loans.

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April

3
2023
Industry News

Utah repeals several collection agency registration requirements

On March 17, the Utah governor signed HB 20 to repeal several of the state’s collection agency statutory provisions. Specifically, the bill repeals provisions that (i) require collection agencies to register with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and have on file sufficient bond in the amount of $10,000 (see Sections 12-1-1 and 12-1-2);

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