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Source-site The three major credit bureaus said nearly 70 percent of paid medical debt, which can drag down people’s credit scores, will be removed from consumer credit reports by July 1. Additionally, the bureaus — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — said…

Source-site In its ongoing lawsuit against the National Collegiate Student Loan Trust (NCSLT), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has asked a federal court to deny the NCSLTs petition to appeal an earlier decision that would allow them to be…

Souce-site STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The cost of living for Americans has become increasingly expensive, with rising prices at the gas pump, in the food store, and just about everywhere else. So it’s no surprise that U.S. consumers racked up…

Source-site At last count, at least 39 states have introduced (or passed) comprehensive privacy legislation. After what was previously a watch-and-wait game of legislative whack-a-mole, we are now seeing this legislation get passed and implemented more regularly and with greater…

Source-site In Eggleston v. Reward Zone USA LLC, No. 2:20-cv-01027-SVW-KS (C.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2022), the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California rejected the argument that text messages are “artificial or prerecorded voice messages” under the Telephone Consumer…

Source-site More than half of the debt that appears on credit reports as being in collection stems from medical bills, the agency found. Unpaid medical bills became a bigger concern during the pandemic, and now, a federal consumer agency is…

Source-site U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, D-Fla., brought back his “Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act” which he has championed in recent years. The bill extends protections under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to small businesses with loans or obligations that…

Source-site The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently reversed a trial court’s judgment in favor of a consumer for claims of alleged violation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, finding that the consumer lacked Article…

Source-site If you’re just making the minimum payments on your credit cards, it may be worthwhile to consider one of these debt repayment strategies. (iStock) Americans are racking up credit card debt at a record-setting pace, according to the Federal Reserve…

Source-site BOSTON (AP) — A subprime auto lender has agreed to pay more than $5.5 million to Massachusetts to resolve allegations that it did not provide proper explanations about its auto loan debt collection practices to consumers, the state attorney general’s office…