Daily Digest - December 11, 2024

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Judge Grants MJOP in FDCPA Case Over Text Message Sent After Cease Request

• A District Court Judge in Ohio has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings — albeit on a technicality — in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case that accused the defendant of sending a text message attempting to collect on a debt after the plaintiff had responded to an earlier text message declining to pay the debt.

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FCC Threatens to Block 2,400 Voice Providers for Failure to Comply

• The Federal Communications Commission yesterday announced it was putting 2,411 voice service providers on notice for failing to comply with the agency’s Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) requirements. These providers now face removal from the database, effectively barring them from transmitting calls through U.S. phone networks. This is the largest such action taken by the FCC.

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CFPB Targets Coerced Debt in FCRA Overhaul

• The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has initiated a rulemaking process related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act aimed at protecting survivors of domestic violence, elder abuse, and financial coercion from the long-lasting financial harm of coerced debt.

• More details here. 

New ARMSights poll, sponsored by Belvista

25 Companies Seeking Collection Talent

• Over time, you think you've seen everything. But a credit union in Idaho has come up with a new way to say it is looking to hire collection agents -- at least it's using a title I haven't seen before, but it could catch on. Want to check it out? Click on the link below and see that job listing and 24 more in this week's job listings summary post.

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State Donates $32,000 to Family Promise of Beloit Shelter

• State recently presented a check for $32,000 to Family Promise of Greater Beloit, a homeless shelter serving families. The funds were raised by State’s leadership team and vendors at State’s Annual Charity Golf Outing.

• More details here.

WORTH NOTING: Another list of the best movies and TV shows of 2024 ... Experts weigh in on the OMAD fad of eating only once per day ... The cities and metropolitan areas that will be the hottest housing markets in 2025 ... Impulse purchases may be ruining the finances of a lot of people ... It's going to take six months for people to recover from everything they spent buying holiday gifts this year ... Five colors that are going to be big in 2025 ... The telltale signs of someone who is a weak leader ... The do's and don'ts when sending holiday cards.

Wisdom Wednesday, part I

Wisdom Wednesday, Part II