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California Enacts Debt Collector Licensure Law

November 2, 2020 By Nanci Weissgold, Anoush Garakani and David McGee

A&B Abstract: On September 25, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 908, which, in part, enacts the California Debt Collection Licensing Act (“Act”). Effective January 1, 2022, the Act will require the licensure of persons that engage in debt collection in California with California residents.   Notably, the Act also applies to entities […]

Filed Under: California, Debt Collection, Licensing, State Law Tagged With: #California, #debtcollection

NY DFS unveils Consumer Protection Task Force, adds Former CFPB Deputy Director

January 22, 2020 By Brian Burton

A&B ABstract: Less than one month into the new year, New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) has taken strong measures to make good on its proclamation that  “2020 must be the year of the consumer” by: (1) unveiling a 12-member Consumer Protection Task Force to help implement an extensive consumer protection agenda; and (2) […]

Filed Under: Consumer Loan, Debt Collection, Licensing, State Law, Unfair, Deceptive and Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP) Tagged With: #debtcollection, #NYDFS, abusive, Debt Collection, UDAAP

CFPB Issues Its Fall 2019 Rulemaking Agenda

November 27, 2019 By Nanci Weissgold and Anoush Garakani

A&B Abstract: On November 20, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau” or “CFPB”) published its Fall 2019 Rulemaking Agenda (the “Rulemaking Agenda”) as part of the Fall 2019 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The Rulemaking Agenda sets forth the matters that the Bureau reasonably anticipates having under consideration during the […]

Filed Under: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Loan, Debt Collection, Dodd-Frank Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), Mortgage Loans, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), TRID, Truth in Lending Act (TILA) Tagged With: #CFPB, #debtcollection, #FDCPA, Ability to Repay, Debt Collection, QM, QM Patch

Maine Enacts Law Protecting Victims of Economic Abuse

November 7, 2019 By Anoush Garakani

A&B Abstract:  An Act to Provide Relief to Survivors of Economic Abuse (the “Economic Abuse Law”), effective September 19, 2019, is aimed at preventing “economic abuse” by providing certain protections to victims of such abuse, in part, by imposing additional obligations on debt collectors and consumer reporting agencies (“CRAs”).  Debt collectors and CRAs should carefully review […]

Filed Under: Consumer Loan, Debt Collection, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), State Law Tagged With: #debtcollection, Credit Reporting, Economic Abuse, Maine, MFCRA, MFDCPA

A Closer Look at the CFPB’s Proposed Debt Collection Rules – Part Five: The Devil is in the Details, Purgatory is what is Left Unsaid

September 10, 2019 By Nanci Weissgold

A&B Abstract This blog post is part five of a five-part series examining the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (the “CFPB” or “Bureau”) proposed rule amending Regulation F (the “Proposed Rule”), which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) to prescribe rules governing the activities of debt collectors. The idiom “the devil is in the […]

Filed Under: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Debt Collection, Dodd-Frank Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), State Law, Unfair, Deceptive and Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP) Tagged With: #CFPB, #debtcollection, #FDCPA, Debt Collection, Servicing, UDAAP

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