"CFPB orders are not suggestions, and companies cannot ignore them simply because they are large or dominant in the market," CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said after announcing a $24 million settlement ...

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A proposed class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday accusing debt-buying giant Portfolio Recovery Associates of abusing U.S. courts by filing collection lawsuits against tens of thousands of consumers ...

We’ve all heard horror stories about predatory lenders. How about predatory collection agencies? Just ask Thomas Rizzo or Gloria Morrissette, or the countless others who fell for the deliberately ...

Jibril Greene of Seyfarth Shaw and Winnie N. Kibe and Whitney L. White of Sessions, Israel & Shartle have entered appearances for Equifax and Jefferson Capital Systems, respectively, in a pending ...

On March 23, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken action against one of the largest debt collectors in the United States, Portfolio Recovery Associates (PRA), for various ...

On March 23, 2023, the CFPB filed a complaint and proposed judgment against Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC (“PRA”), one of the largest debt collectors in the United States. If entered by the court ...

Portfolio Recovery Associates Inc., a debt collector that buys defaulted debt from lenders and then tries to collect payment, has announced the opening of a call center that will employ 200 people in ...