True Accord

OCTOBER 7, 2024

economy doesn’t extend to personal finances—consumer expectations for going delinquent on their debt in the next three months hit their highest level since the start of the pandemic. And the share of severely delinquent credit card debt rose to 10.7% of credit card debt more than 90 days overdue in 2023.

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True Accord

AUGUST 11, 2022

Providing consistent outreach—especially in early delinquency—will give customers more opportunities to engage, understand, and resolve debt. Debt levels are on the rise again: according to the? New York Federal Reserve , between the national student loan debt topping $1.6

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Titan Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

By revising the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with state Attorneys General set forth a strict set of regulations that standardize the way all financial services companies in the debt relief industry must operate.

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Troutman Sanders

MARCH 3, 2023

According to the CFPB, on average, BNPL borrowers were much more likely to be highly indebted, revolve on their credit cards, have delinquencies in traditional credit products, have lower credit scores, and use high-interest financial services such as payday, pawn, and overdraft compared to non-BNPL borrowers.

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Credit Corp

OCTOBER 31, 2023

By transferring funds from your Chime checking account to your secured account, you determine your own credit limit. This means that you don’t have to worry about accruing credit card debt faster than you can pay it back.

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Credit Corp

APRIL 12, 2021

That’s because it can be easy to get discouraged or overwhelmed when looking at larger financial ambitions you may have. For example, you may have a significant amount of credit card debt. This goal is more attainable.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Kevin Rotkiske accumulated credit card debt between 2003 and 2005, which was then referred to Klemm & Associates for collection. Klem sued Rotkiske in 2008 and attempted service at an address where Rotkiske no longer lived. The facts underlying the case are straightforward.

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Collection Industry News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Renters’ debt obligations also differed considerably from those of homeowners before the pandemic. In June 2019, renters were more to have student debt and to have used some form of alternative financial service, such as payday lender, pawn shop, or auto-title loans.

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Troutman Sanders

MARCH 1, 2023

The Arizona Court of Appeals and Arizona Supreme Court have issued numerous opinions over the last several years clarifying when a cause of action accrues for mortgages and credit card debt.

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Fico Collections

JANUARY 24, 2023

FICO’s latest market report of UK card trends suggests that consumers managed their credit card debt to keep lines of credit open for the festive season as spend increased month on month. However, a continuing trend in those missing two or three payments will be a concern for lenders.

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Credit Corp

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Credit Cards Issued by a Bank, Credit Union, or other financial services company : These are accounts backed by a major payment network, like Visa, Mastercard, or American Express. These accounts are extremely common because almost all banks and credit unions are able to issue them to their customers.

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Whilst the new payment method originally took off in Europe, it has slowly sept into the US market as startups, like Affirm , have gone public and found success, and Square , the San Francisco based financial services and digital payments company, bought Australia’s Afterpay in $29billion deal, to benefit off BNPL’s growth.

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Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As background, the plaintiff filed suit after receiving a collection letter from SAS, stating the total due on her debt was $2,017.83 The debt stemmed from a 2014 judgment on a credit card debt for $1,015.20, which included pre-judgment interest of 9% and certain fees and costs.

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Fico Collections

MAY 19, 2021

Or they may unintentionally sell it to criminal gangs, which then rack up thousands of pounds of fraudulent credit card debt. Furthermore, you might automatically assume that first-party fraud only affects banks, but as telcos evolve into payment processing and handset financiers, they also are now feeling the pinch.

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Fico Collections

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Customers couldn’t be faulted when they heavily offset the drop in purchasing power and disposable income by leveraging a higher utilization of credit products that they have at their disposal towards staying afloat in these perilous times. Remind customers what they can accomplish using the banking app / website.

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Fico Collections

AUGUST 16, 2022

Many consumers used government stimulus and excess savings to pay down their financial debts, typically tackling variable rate credit card debt first. If average balance has decreased substantially, then how did the US just hit a record high in household debt? This is only a 3.6%

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Consumer Financial Services Law

AUGUST 30, 2016

Dobosz August 22, 2016 A recent New York Times article by Nathaniel Popper reported the following, “Data from the Federal Reserve indicates that the percentage of Americans under 35 who hold credit card debt has fallen to its lowest levels since 1989…” Popper goes on to say, “Their reluctance could have lasting repercussions for millennials, as well (..)

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Consumer Financial Services Law

APRIL 23, 2021

The plaintiff received a collection letter from the defendant Advanced Call Center Technologies, LLC (“ACCT”), seeking to collect a credit card debt owed to Synchrony Bank for a JCPenney store card. Landon Van Winkle is an attorney in the firm's Consumer Financial Services Litigation and Compliance group.

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Fico Collections

JANUARY 26, 2022

In 2021, the financial services world continued to grapple with the uncertainty brought on by year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the continued concerns, we were encouraged to see the growth of the average U.S. FICO® Score, as stated in our top post of the year.

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Fico Collections

JUNE 28, 2022

The data sample comes from client reports generated by the FICO® TRIAD® Customer Manager solution in use by some 80 percent of UK card issuers. Liz Ruddick. Liz Ruddick is a principal consultant within the FICO Advisors Lifecycle Practice.

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True Accord

JULY 5, 2022

Credit card balances are also already up year over year, reaching $841 billion in the first quarter of 2022, and are expected to keep rising, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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Fico Collections

JUNE 27, 2022

credit cards for 27% of all transactions with average credit card debt of $3352. Traditional financial services and insurance firms are sitting on decades of valuable customer records that are typically stored in disparate software applications that do not share their data with one another.

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Burr Forman

JANUARY 29, 2021

Americredit Financial Services, Inc. , There, the plaintiff had entered into a settlement agreement with the defendant to settle his outstanding credit card debt after the plaintiff had been delinquent for several months. Plaintiff made the payments as agreed and the debt was discharged. In Moulton v.

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True Accord

JANUARY 10, 2024

In Q4, the CFPB issued statements and proposed rules relating to accelerating open banking , oversight of big tech companies and other digital financial service providers, and discrimination concerns. As for credit card debt, the charge-off rates clocked in at 3.79% , up more than a half point from Q2 2023 and up from 2.1%

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Better Credit Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

After your birthday, Social Security number, and cell phone number, your credit score is the most important number in your life. Your credit score, known in the financial services industry as a Fico Score, is a snapshot of your financial history. You’ll be taken to websites that try to sell you financial services.

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Fico Collections

JANUARY 15, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic cast a huge shadow on the financial services worldwide. We hope that what readers learned helped instill confidence in keeping credit flowing during uncertain times. consumers had on average $6,004 in credit card debt, down from an average of $6,934 back in January 2020.

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Troutman Sanders

DECEMBER 5, 2022

To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week: Federal Activities. State Activities. Federal Activities: On December 1, U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC).

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Troutman Sanders

JULY 11, 2023

On July 6, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that, in cooperation with the state of Florida, it will send refunds to consumers nationwide allegedly defrauded by a telemarketing financial services company, and related companies, into paying for credit card interest rate reduction and debt elimination programs.

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True Accord

JANUARY 21, 2025

CFPB Looks at Medical Debt, Student Loans and So Much Data Medical debt wasnt the only focus for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Q4. Moreover, many consumers, and especially those having trouble paying their monthly bills, report maxing out their cards regularly and using installment plans to cover basic necessities.

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Troutman Sanders

AUGUST 2, 2021

million, to people who lost money to credit card debt relief schemes. For more information, click here. On July 29, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it will send refund checks, totaling nearly $2.3 For more information, click here.

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Some lawmakers and regulators are calling for interest rate caps and lower fees on credit cards as debt levels march higher. Total credit card debt topped $1 trillion in the second quarter of 2023 for the first time ever. The financial services industry remains largely opposed to imposing a ceiling.

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Collection Industry News

APRIL 26, 2024

Americans are already struggling to keep up with their credit card payments. Credit card debt rose $143 billion during the fourth quarter of 2023 from the year before, according to data from the New York Fed. Delinquency transition rates rose for all debt types excluding student loans.

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