Daily Digest - February 7, 2025

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Collection Operation Accused of Making More than 200 Calls After Receiving Cease Request

• A debt collection company is facing a lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, California’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for allegedly making more than 200 calls to the plaintiff after the plaintiff’s attorney sent the defendant a cease-and-desist request.

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Judge Grants MSJ for Plaintiff in FDCPA Case Over Garnishment Order

• A District Court judge in Florida has granted a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that a collection law firm used an invalid garnishment order to collect on the subject debt. The decision, issued by Judge William F. Jung of the District Court for the Middle District of Florida, found that the defendants misrepresented the legitimacy of the garnishment order, ultimately coercing the plaintiff’s employer into paying the debt.

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Court Grants 90-Day Delay of CFPB’s Medical Debt Credit Reporting Rule

• A federal judge has granted a 90-day stay on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new rule that would bar credit reporting agencies from including medical debt on consumer credit reports. The stay pushes the rule’s effective date to June 15, 2025, and delays further court proceedings in a legal battle brought by the Consumer Data Industry Association and the Cornerstone Credit Union League.

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Middle-Income Americans Struggling to Keep Up with Cost of Living, Despite Modest Improvement in Purchasing Power

• While middle-income Americans are seeing a slight improvement in purchasing power, they remain deeply concerned about the cost of living and their financial outlook, according to data released recently as part of Primerica’s Financial Security Monitor.

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ImpactAI Solutions, a Division of CSS IMPACT, Unveils Groundbreaking Interactive Voice AI Smart Collectors to Transform Debt Collection

• CSS IMPACT, the leading provider of AI-driven debt collection financial ecosystem solutions, through its specialized division, ImpactAI Solutions, is thrilled to announce the launch of groundbreaking advancements within the IMPACT Enterprise Debt Collections Software Suite: the Interactive Voice AI Smart Collectors, Ava and Ivan. These state-of-the-art AI-powered agents are set to revolutionize the debt collection industry by speaking 40+ languages and offering seamless, compliant, and highly efficient automated communication and payment solutions.

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