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What Is the FICO Resilience Index?

Credit Corp

Governments, charities, and even creditors scrambled to put programs in place to support people during this time while also mitigating future economic fallout. And this isn’t the first time creditors have found themselves working to support borrowers while worrying about their own bottom lines.

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Dealing with Debt Collectors

Debt Free Colorado

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) does not apply to original creditors or cover company obligations. The CFDCPA does not apply to anyone who collects their debts or government personnel in the United States. It mandates that debt collectors post a bond to pay the amount owed to the creditor for whom they are collecting.

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How long will bankruptcy affect your credit score?

Roths Child Law

Their creditworthiness determines how much they pay in interest when buying a vehicle and the home value they can afford. The requirement to fulfill a multi-year repayment plan that last three years or longer governs the difference between the reporting rules for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

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Debt-Service Coverage Ratio: A Useful Financial Measurement for Assessing Future Debt Recovery

Debt RR

Even governments use DSCR to determine other countries’ ability to pay for the goods it exports. government’s public debt hit a historic high of $22 trillion in Feb 2019 , according to the U.S. This matters because creditors use this information to determine whether to do business with the U.S. For perspective, the U.S.

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CFPB Releases Fall 2021 Supervisory Highlights

Collection Industry News

The CFPB found that various debt collectors, in part, misrepresented to consumers that restarting and completing a payment plan would improve the consumer’s creditworthiness upon final payment under the plan and the deletion of the tradeline.

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Compliance Roundup - 7 December 2022

CSA

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) has published a policy paper exploring the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on mental health, in which it sets out a range of measures it believes should be taken by government, regulators and firms to reduce the harm on people’s mental health. The MMHPI paper can be found here.

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US mortgage lenders are starting to go bankrupt

Collection Industry News

They’ve previously been touted as an option for creditworthy borrowers who can’t otherwise qualify for traditional mortgage loan programs. and Sprout Mortgage — a pair of firms that specialized in non-traditional loans not eligible for government backing — recently running aground, real estate experts are beginning to question their value.

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