Wed.Oct 23, 2024

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Ed. Dept. Delays Start of Student Loan Collections Until 2025

Account Recovery

The Department of Education is making its student loan collection on-ramp a little longer, announcing that it will start reporting late or missed student loan payments to credit bureaus in early 2025, a delay from the originally planned start date this month. This pushes the start of mandatory collections “and other consequences” as the department put it, into late 2025 at the earliest.

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CFPB Takes Action to Curb Unchecked Worker Surveillance

Consumer Finance

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance to protect workers from unchecked digital tracking and opaque decision-making systems.

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Judge Denies Motion to Certify Class in FDCPA Case Over Missing Disclosure in Email

Account Recovery

If you’re like me, you have copied and pasted the wrong information into an email or document more times than you can count. The defendant in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case finds itself lucky after a Magistrate Court judge in California ruled that inadvertently copying and pasting the request for an admission as its response does not satisfy the numerosity requirement of certifying a class action and denied the plaintiff’s motion for certification.

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Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Joint Field Hearing with the Department of Labor on Worker Tracking

Consumer Finance

Director Chopra delivered remarks at the Joint Field Hearing with the Department of Labor on Worker Tracking in Michigan.

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Solve Your Firms Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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Post-Judgment Remedies: What are your options as a business owner?

Collections Law

Unpaid debts are frustrating for business owners, but they are also a regular part of doing business. Successfully collecting on these commercial debts can directly influence your overall success as a business. Obtaining a judgment is just the beginning of the commercial collections journey. The real challenge lies in enforcing that judgment and getting paid.

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Daily Digest – October 23. Judge Denies Motion to Certify Class in FDCPA Case Over Missing Disclosure in Email; Ed. Dept. Delays Start of Student Loan Collections Until 2025

Account Recovery

Judge Denies Motion to Certify Class in FDCPA Case Over Missing Disclosure in Email Ed. Dept. Delays Start of Student Loan Collections Until 2025 CFPB Announces Open Banking Rule as Banking Industry Retaliates with Lawsuit 24 Companies Seeking Collection Talent WORTH NOTING: If you were look for a list of the best dishwasher detergents, look no more … “Sleep divorces” are now infiltrating couples’ vacations … More credit card companies are beginning to charge if you

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24 Companies Seeking Collection Talent

Account Recovery

During this, The Great Resignation Era, I thought it would be helpful to start a regular posting of different jobs within the accounts receivable management industry that I have found online. Please make sure to do your own due diligence before applying for a position included here or accepting any offers. This is merely meant to be a service to aggregate industry job opportunities into one convenient location.

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CFPB Announces Open Banking Rule as Banking Industry Retaliates with Lawsuit

Account Recovery

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced the final rule aimed at giving consumers more control over their personal financial data. The rule, part of the CFPB’s broader push toward “open banking,” requires financial institutions to allow consumers to transfer their data to other providers for free. The rule aims to spur competition, lower costs, and improve services across the banking, credit, and payments markets.

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