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Consumer confidence falls to all-time low with a third of households just managing to make ends meet

Sarah Collins, September 26, 2022 A third of people were just managing to make ends meet this month, according to a Bank of Ireland sentiment survey. The figure rose to 53pc for lower-income households, Bank of Ireland’s economic pulse survey…

CFPB And FTC File Joint Amicus Brief In 3rd Circuit FCRA Case

Weiner Brodsky Kider PC, September 23, 2022 Recently, the CFPB and FTC filed an amicus brief in a Third Circuit FCRA case asserting that furnishers are required to investigate any dispute forwarded to them by a credit reporting company (i.e.,…

Eleventh Circuit Dismisses Debt Collection Letter Case For Lack Of Standing

A.J. Dhaliwal, September 15, 2022 On September 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an order in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc. dismissing the case after determining that plaintiff failed to allege a concrete harm, and…

CFPB Warns Of Consumer Risk Over New Payment Products, Foreshadows Supervision Of BNPLs

Moorari Shah, September 15, 2022 Recently, the CFPB released a report outlining the challenges and risks inherent in the rapid evolution of the payment ecosystem, with a particular focus on emerging uses cases involving “super apps,” buy now, pay later (BNPL), and embedded payments, as…

U.S. Bank Profits Climb 7.8% On Higher Interest Income

World Economy News, September 09, 2022 U.S. banks reported $64.4 billion in profits in the second quarter of 2022, as higher net interest income offset growing reserves to guard against loan losses, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said Thursday. However,…

CFPB, State Regulators, And Courts Take Aim At Convenience Fees

Hudson Cook, LLP, September 8, 2022 The first half of 2022 has seen a flurry of state and federal activity attempting to reign in “convenience fees”—fees charged by a creditor, debt collector, or third party to a consumer for making…

CFPB Warns Firms On Poor Cyber Hygiene

Adam Mazmanian, Septembert 2, 2022 Companies that fail to take basic steps to secure customer data and maintain a basic level of cybersecurity hygiene for user accounts could fall afoul of a host of regulators, according to a Consumer Finance…

Court Enforces Arbitration Provision in TCPA Suit

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, September 2, 2022 A Michigan federal court upheld an arbitration clause found on a lead generation website, granting a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case. On August 15, 2021, Dustin…

80% of Financial Advisors Say U.S. Recession Is Coming

Susannah Snider, CFP®, August 29, 2022 When it comes to the question of whether Americans are in a recession –or headed for one in the near future – financial advisors are pessimistic. In a survey of close to 300 financial advisors who…

Walmart Seeks To Dismiss Lawsuit By FTC Over Money Transfers

The Associated Press, August 29, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart filed a motion on Monday to dismiss a lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission in June that accused the nation’s largest retailer of allowing its money transfer services to…