APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS LOWER COURT RULING THAT QR CODE ON ENVELOPE VIOLATES FDCPA
- Less than two months after hearing arguments on the case, a panel of judges from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday unanimously affirmed a summary judgment ruling in favor of a plaintiff who sued a collection agency for including a Quick Response, or QR, Code on the outside of an envelope containing a collection letter.
CFPB REACHES $60M SETTLEMENT OVER FOR-PROFIT SCHOOL’S STUDENT LENDING PRACTICES
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has reached a $60 million settlement with the defunct lending arm of a bankrupt for-profit lender, ending a five-year legal battle.
CONSUMERS FLOOD CFPB WITH COMMENTS OPPOSING PROPOSED RULE
- More than 3,000 comments opposing the proposed debt collection rule were published yesterday, filed by consumers who voiced their concerns and dislike for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposal, while not necessarily getting into specifics and containing some rhetoric that even the director of the CFPB has sought to quash.
FED DATA OFFERS CONFLICTING FORECASTS OF INDIVIDUALS’ FINANCIAL EXPECTATIONS
- In yet another sign that individuals tend to be both optimistic and pessimistic at the same time, more people expect to miss a debt payment in the next three months while fewer people expect to be in a worse financial situation a year from now, according to data released yesterday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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