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* When it comes to consumer concerns, debt collection remains the top complaint most often reported to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Two newly-released CFPB reports reveal which ...

On October 1, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion titled Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F); Deceptive and Unfair Collection of Medical Debt. The ...

A big part of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s potential to help consumers is its ability to supervise nonbank participants in the financial industry. This far-ranging swath of companies ...

Carter has introduced legislation to prohibit health care providers and collection agencies from reporting medical debt to consumer reporting agencies. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is on a mission to protect consumers from illegal medical debt collection practices. It issued advisories in October identifying illegal practices and ...

The consumer-friendly Medical Debt Rule, enacted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) at the end of the Biden administration, has been thrown out by a judge in Texas. The rule would have ...