On October 30, 2020, the CFPB published its long awaited Final Debt Collection Rule (the “Rule”) which is intended to interpret the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the “FDCPA”) and clarify ...

Elham Mirshafiei was at the library cramming for final exams during her senior year at California State University-Long Beach when she grew nauseated and started vomiting. After the 10th episode in an ...

Vice President Harris and CFPB Director Chopra highlight potential boost in mortgage approvals and question debt collectors' methods. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken a firm ...

If you recently got a text, email or social-media message from a debt collector, here’s one of the first things you should do: Make sure you know your rights. New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

Let's see if I get this right. If a big financial institution gets into trouble, the government is ready to step in and bail it out and make the little guy pay for it. But if the little guy gets into ...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday extended his proclamation protecting consumers from debt collection practices through May 27. Inslee extended the temporary suspensions on state laws allowing ...