FRANKFORT, Ky. (December 12, 2022) – Attorney General Cameron today joined a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to continue its efforts to reduce unwanted text messages from fraudulent numbers.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published Debt Collection Rule FAQs for Regulation F, containing questions and answers that pertain to compliance with the rule. The FAQs cover limited-content messages, call frequency issues and more.
On December 5, an Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County issued an Order to Show Cause to the state of Arizona and scheduled an expedited evidentiary hearing in a suit challenging the newly passed Arizona Protection from Predatory Debt Collection Act (the Act), also known as Proposition 209. Arizona voters passed the Act in the November midterm elections and it became effective on December 5, the same day the suit and show cause order were filed.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Democrat & Chronicle, hosts of the annual Rochester Choice Awards, asked the Rochester community to vote for the best businesses and organizations in the area. Kinecta Federal Credit Union was selected as a finalist for Best Credit Union, meaning many Rochester residents made Kinecta their first choice for their banking needs.
On December 1, 2022, Wing Financial (an independently owned franchise of Jackson Hewitt) reported a data breach with the Maine Attorney General after confirming that an unauthorized party was able to access confidential consumer information that had been entrusted to the company.