Rebt Collectors Archives - Americans for Financial Reform

Joint Statement: Advocates Urge Consumer Bureau To Protect Consumers From Abusive Debt Collectors

Advocates from 74 national and state advocacy groups sent a letter yesterday afternoon to new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger urging the bureau to focus on protecting consumers from abusive debt collection practices in anticipation of a proposed debt collection rule expected in March 2019.

No Fresh Start: How States Let Debt Collectors Push Families into Poverty (New NCLC Report)

The best and worst states when it comes to taking measures to keep creditors from pushing debtors and their families into destitution.

CFPA and Nonbanks: A Snapshot

Our friends at the National Consumer Law Center have put together a great two-page report on the dire need for federal regulation of non-bank lenders. The report focuses on the problems created by the current lack of regulation of debt collectors and debt buyers, credit