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Latest Updates for the Debt Relief Industry

April 1, 2020

CFPB Evolutions In Debt Symposium Overview

Shipkevich PLLC

March 31, 2020

Credit cards offering coronavirus relief with fee waivers, payment flexibility

Fox Business

March 30, 2020

Illinois offers help to those struggling to make debt payments

ABC News

Federal Regulators

April 1, 2020

FTC Data Shows Jump in Coronavirus-related Complaints from Consumers

April 1, 2020

CFPB Issues Credit Reporting Guidance During COVID-19 Pandemic

April 1, 2020

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Short-Term Lender for Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices

March 31, 2020

Student Loan Debt Relief Companies Agree to Settle FTC Charges They Falsely Promised to Lower or Eliminate Consumers’ Student Loans

March 31, 2020

FTC Extends Comment Deadline for Funeral Rule Review to June 15

March 28, 2020

FTC Extends Comment Deadline for Endorsement Guides Review to June 22

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

April 1, 2020

CFPB Issues Credit Reporting Guidance During COVID-19 Pandemic

April 1, 2020

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Short-Term Lender for Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices

March 27, 2020

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Request for Information to Assist Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Protection Law

March 26, 2020

Director Kraninger Remarks During Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting

March 26, 2020

CFPB Provides Flexibility During COVID-19 Pandemic

March 26, 2020

Federal Agencies Encourage Banks, Savings Associations, and Credit Unions to Offer Responsible Small-Dollar Loans to Consumers and Small Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

April 1, 2020

FTC Data Shows Jump in Coronavirus-related Complaints from Consumers

March 31, 2020

Student Loan Debt Relief Companies Agree to Settle FTC Charges They Falsely Promised to Lower or Eliminate Consumers’ Student Loans

March 31, 2020

FTC Extends Comment Deadline for Funeral Rule Review to June 15

March 28, 2020

FTC Extends Comment Deadline for Endorsement Guides Review to June 22

March 27, 2020

FTC Returns More than $3.1 Million to Victims of Student Loan Debt Relief and Credit Repair Scheme

March 27, 2020

FTC Chairman Joe Simons Outlines the Agency’s Approach to Safeguarding Consumers during the Coronavirus Pandemic

State Regulators

State, Top News

March 30, 2020

Illinois offers help to those struggling to make debt payments

October 14, 2019

Student-Debt Relief Companies Investigated in New York

April 25, 2019

Maryland Government Establishes Changes to Debt Settlement Processes

November 20, 2018

Virginia AG $50 million Lawsuit Against Scott Kohn’s Debt Relief Companies

October 23, 2018

50 State Complaint Report Published by CFPB

March 27, 2018

FTC and NY Attorney General Ban Debt Collectors From Industry