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December

15
2022
Industry News

FTC Action Leads to Permanent Ban for Scammers Behind ‘The Credit Game’ Credit Repair Scheme

As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, the operators of “The Credit Game,” a credit repair scheme that cost consumers millions of dollars, face a lifetime banfrom the credit repair industry in proposed court orders filed today.

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December

15
2022
Industry News

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Revised Interagency Examination Procedures and Rescissions

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s (FFIEC) Task Force on Consumer Compliance today adopted the revised examination procedures for the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and its implementing regulation, Regulation F. The revised interagency examination procedures incorporate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s 2020 and 2021 Fair Debt Collection Final Rules1 that went into effect on November 30, 2021.

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December

15
2022
Trends

Retail sales have dropped significantly

Minneapolis CNN — Black Friday may have been back in fashion this year, but the strong turnout at the start of the holiday shopping season last month wasn’t enough to counter a broader consumer pullback in spending.

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December

15
2022
Industry News

OCC Reports Improvement in Overall Mortgage Performance

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported that the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system improved during the third quarter of 2022. The OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, Third Quarter 2022 showed that 97.2 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the end of the quarter, compared to 95.6 percent a year earlier.

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December

15
2022
Industry News

SUPERINTENDENT ADRIENNE A. HARRIS RELEASES VIRTUAL CURRENCY GUIDANCE FOR BANKING ORGANIZATIONS

Today, New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris released Guidance to banking organizations that wish to engage in virtual currency-related activities. The Guidance is applicable to all New York regulated banking organizations, as well as branches and agencies of foreign banking organizations licensed by the Department (“Covered Institutions”).

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