Better Credit Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

This is why many people engage the services of a debt relief agency. TransUnion calculates that paying off $5,000 of credit card debt at the minimum rate costs $10,000 in interest. I had to make my own payment arrangements with the debt collector so that we could keep our furnace. National Debt Relief.

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True Accord

JULY 5, 2022

A hike in the federal interest rate prompts a jump in the Bank Prime Loan Rate ( prime rate ), the credit rate that banks offer to their most credit-worthy customers and off of which they base other forms of consumer credit like mortgages and consumer loans. Key Factor 4: Regulatory and Compliance Guidelines.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Federal Activities: On September 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its fifth biennial report to Congress on the consumer credit card market, finding that the market’s growth over the last few years reversed course in 2020. State Activities: Two bills — S.B. 531 and A.B.

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Collection Industry News

AUGUST 30, 2021

of Americans had medical debt in collections as of June 2020, according to a study from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which analyzed consumer credit reports between January 2009 and June 2020. We ended up refinancing our mortgage to combine our credit card debt that was significantly over $10,000.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 9, 2023

On May 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a permanent ban from debt relief telemarketing for operators of debt relief scam. The FTC charged the defendants with taking tens of millions of dollars from people by falsely promising to eliminate or substantially reduce their credit card debt.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

On October 25, the CFPB released its biennial report to Congress on the consumer credit card market. The report found that in 2022 credit card companies charged consumers more than $105 billion in interest and more than $25 billion in fees. For more information, click here.

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FDCPA Defense

JUNE 9, 2012

The Credit Recovery Co. , 1998) (section 1692e(8) "requires a debt collector who knows or should know that a given debt is disputed to disclose its disputed status to persons inquiring about a consumer's credit history.") (emphasis added); Sunga v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Id; see also Brady v.

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Burt and Associates

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Introduction and Spotlight on Medical and Rental Debt 1.1 Medical Debt 1.1.1 Introduction: This section highlights the CFPB’s work on medical debt issues, including a proposed rule to restrict medical debt reporting on credit reports. Rental Debt 1.2.1 Medical Debt 1.1.1 Rental Debt 1.2.1

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True Accord

JANUARY 21, 2025

With inflation proving more sticky than policymakers had hoped and uncertainty around how the new administrations policies might affect it, it may take longer for people to see lower interest rates on their mortgages, car loans and credit card balances, which could prove challenging to household budgets.

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