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Passage Of Debt Collection Bill Could Be A ‘Slippery Slope’ For Lenders

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While consumer groups praised the bill for its recourse for consumers harassed by debt collectors, CUNA and NAFCU saw the bill as complicating the legal relationship between consumers, members and lenders. In the letter, Nussle stated, “Lenders rely on complete and accurate credit reports when underwriting loans.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

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An amendment in the NDAA to update the Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act passed in the Senate by a vote of 95-2. Examiners found that debt collectors continued collection attempts for work-related medical debt after receiving sufficient information to render the debt uncollectible under state worker’s compensation law.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On June 8, the CFPB acted against a medical debt collector for numerous debt collection and credit reporting violations. In at least thousands of cases, the debt collector continued to attempt to collect on a debt that was not substantiated after a consumer disputed the validity of the debt.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

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Senate Committee on Banking held a full committee hearing, titled “Oversight of the Credit Reporting Agencies.” Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) described consumer credit reports as “riddled with errors.” Brown argued that medical debt “correlates with illness,” not with credit risk. On April 27, the U.S.

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How removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers

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NEW YORK (AP) Lenders will no longer be able to consider unpaid medical bills as a credit history factor when they evaluate potential borrowers in the U.S. Removing medical debts from consumer credit reportsis expected to increase the credit scores of millions of families by an average of 20 points, the bureau said.

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