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All in FCRA
In this Compliance Clip (video), Adam discusses the critical concept of "permissible purpose" when obtaining credit reports under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Understanding these guidelines is essential for lenders and creditors to avoid significant legal violations and breaches of privacy.
In this Compliance Clip (video), discusses when and Adverse Action Notice is required under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Adam provides instances when financial institutions need to furnish Adverse Action Notice to a consumer when an adverse action is taken.
On December 9, 2024, the CFPB issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to address the harmful effects of inaccurate credit reporting affecting survivors of domestic violence, elder abuse, and other forms of financial abuse. The Bureau aims to gather additional public input on potential amendments to the regulation that implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
On September 11, 2024, the CFPB ordered TD Bank to pay a total of $28 million for repeatedly sharing inaccurate and negative information about its customers to consumer reporting companies. According to the CFPB, the information included systemic errors about credit card delinquencies and bankruptcies.
In this Compliance Clip (video), Adam discusses the requirements that must be included in a FCRA Adverse Action Notice. Adam talks about the specific requirements for each instance when a FCRA Adverse Action Notice is required to provided to consumers. A transcript of this video is now available.
On June 11, 2024, the CFPB proposed a rule that would remove medical bills from most credit reports, increase privacy protections, help to increase credit scores and loan approvals, and prevent debt collectors from using the credit reporting system to coerce people to pay. According to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra, medical bills on credit reports too often are inaccurate and have little to no predictive value when it comes to repaying other loans.
On May 17, 2024, the FDIC announced that a settlement was reached with Bank of England, England, Arkansas, for violations of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Nine former employees of the Bank of England have also stipulated to individual enforcement actions.
On May 17, 2024, the CFPB sued the online lending platform SoLo Funds for deceptive and illegal practices.According to the lawsuit, SoLo deceived borrowers about the total cost of loans and used digital dark patterns to trick borrowers into paying fees, among others.
In this Compliance Clip (video), Adam enumerates the requirements for reporting identity theft red flags to the board of directors. In addition, Adam describes an alternative for how small financial institutions can report these requirements.
On December 15, 2023, the CFPB took action against a medical debt collector, Commonwealth Financial Systems, for illegally trying to collect unverified medical debts after consumers disputed the validity of the debts. With its headquarter in Dickson City, Commonwealth Financial Systems is a nonbank corporation engaged in third-party debt collection where it specializes in the collection of past-due medical debts and furnishes information about consumer collection accounts to consumer reporting companies.
