Don’t miss the latest news on regulatory developments impacting the accounts receivable management industry in our weekly webinars for members. Editor’s note: This article is available for members only.
2/8/2021 9:30
On deck for ACA Huddle webinars this month are the latest developments in Telephone Consumer Protection Act enforcement and the outlook on new leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The next weekly ACA Huddle, sponsored by Connect International, Solutions by Text and Pay N Seconds, at 11 a.m. CST Feb. 10, will feature David Kaminski, partner at Carlson & Messer LLP, and Leah Dempsey, ACA International’s vice president and senior counsel of federal advocacy, with a review of the Federal Communications Commission’s Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act orders concerning Telephone Consumer Protection Act exemptions for prerecorded calls to landlines and call blocking released in December 2020.
As part of this order, the FCC required an opt-out for non-marketing, prerecorded calls to residential landlines and limited such calls to three calls per 30 days. The order does not appear to have the “per account” nuance, which ACA pushed hard for. During the webinar, Dempsey and Kaminski will explain what this means for the accounts receivable management (ARM) industry and changes that should be made going forward in making calls to landlines. As part of the order, the FCC also announced important requirements for call blocking and labeling and some new protections for callers slated for discussion during the Huddle.
On Feb. 24, Lucy Morris, partner at Hudson Cook LLP in Washington, D.C., and a former CFPB deputy enforcement director, will join Vaishali Rao, partner at Hinshaw & Culberston LLP in Chicago, for a Huddle discussion on new CFPB leadership. They will review how, if appointed as director, Rohit Chopra will impact CFPB regulations and the ARM industry.
Chopra is President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the CFPB. His nomination will be reviewed during hearings before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Each ACA Huddle also features an update on the current landscape for receivables businesses from a federal and state advocacy perspective, as well as compliance.
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Remember, if you missed any of our webinars on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s debt collection rule, the ACA Huddle CFPB Rule Series website has all the resources to help you understand both parts of the rule and start to build compliance plans before the Nov. 30, 2021, effective date.