America’s biggest credit repair companies could be forced to give up telemarketing. That’s according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which announced Monday (Aug. 28) that it had reached a proposed $2.7 billion settlement against credit repair brands such as Lexington Law and CreditRepair.com. The settlement follows a court ruling that...
December 05, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has begun distributing $1.8 billion to 4.3 million consumers a year after securing a legal judgment saying that companies had violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule’s advance fee prohibition. These payments to the victims make up the largest-ever distribution from the CFPB’s victims relief fund, the regulator said in a […]
August 28, 2023
America’s biggest credit repair companies could be forced to give up telemarketing. That’s according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which announced Monday (Aug. 28) that it had reached a proposed $2.7 billion...