Author : Consumer Financial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781514601808
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (18 download)
Book Synopsis Fair Debt Collection Practices ACT Cfpb Annual Report 2014 by : Consumer Financial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Download or read book Fair Debt Collection Practices ACT Cfpb Annual Report 2014 written by Consumer Financial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "the Bureau") is pleased to submit to Congress its third annual report summarizing its activities to administer the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. The Bureau shares overall FDCPA enforcement responsibility with the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission"). The FTC has provided the Bureau with a letter summarizing its debt collection activities during the past year. Information about the FTC's activities is incorporated into this report, and the FTC's letter is included as Attachment A. The Bureau is grateful to the FTC for assistance in preparing this report. As detailed in this report, the Bureau and FTC closely collaborate to promote efficient and effective coordination on debt collection matters.This report (1) provides background on the debt collection market; (2) summarizes the Bureau's consumer response function and the number and types of consumer complaints about debt collection that the Bureau and the FTC received in 2013; (3) describes the Bureau's debt collection supervision program; (4) presents developments in the Bureau's and FTC's law enforcement and advocacy programs; (5) discusses the Bureau's and FTC's education and outreach initiatives; and (6) discusses the Bureau's ANPR, as well as additional Bureau and FTC research and policy initiatives.