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January 2023 Advocacy Update

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Advocacy Update November 2022

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Advocacy Update October 2022

Washington D.C. Update The primary season ended in mid-September, and Congress has now departed Washington until after the midterm elections. Congress was able to avert a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution (CR) late last week that was signed by President Biden. Not only does... Continue Reading

Advocacy Update September 2022

Washington D.C. Update The month-long summer recess has officially come to an end as Congress prepares for the final stretch before the November midterm elections. Congressional Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in early August, marking a key legislative victory for the Biden... Continue Reading

CFPB Issues New Debt Collection Rule FAQs

For the first time this year, the CFPB released new Debt Collection Rule FAQs. Continue Reading

CFPB Advisory Opinion Clarifies Applicability of Equal Credit Opportunity Act

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on May 9, 2022 published an advisory opinion that affirms the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) applies to lenders from the application process and extends through the life of the loan. Continue Reading

CFPB Director Testifies Before Congress

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra testified this week before both Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees regarding the Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report. Both hearings had contentious moments. Republicans continue to define the Agency as “unaccountable” and accuse Director... Continue Reading

NCBA’s Successful 2022 Virtual Hill Day

On Tuesday of this week, NCBA’s Annual Hill Day included meetings with Members of Congress and their staffs from both sides of the aisle and from both the House and Senate. This event was a great success because of the participation of more than 2 dozen NCBA member attorneys who... Continue Reading

Advocacy Update & Advocacy Support Fund Debrief

We look forward to our upcoming Hill Day 2022 meetings scheduled on March 29, and we appreciate all who are participating this year and our sponsors of the event—AACANet and KnovaOne. As a follow up, we are holding an Advocacy Debrief, exclusively for Advocacy Support Fund (ASF) members, on... Continue Reading

Steve Markoff Sworn in as President of NCBA

As NCBA is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary, we are excited to announce a first for our organization, a “second generation” President. Steve Markoff was sworn in as President of NCBA this week. Chip Stacy decided to end his term early for personal reasons. The NCBA Board thanks... Continue Reading

State of the States: State Creditors Bar Leadership Forum

Are you interested in the state level issues, legislation, and the work of SCBAs? NCBA’s SCBA Leadership Forum meets the third Thursday of every month to share state level issues, legislation, best practices and to be a resource to help SCBAs grow. Our first 2022 open Town Hall is happening... Continue Reading

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