Debt management plan (DMP)-- Usually a debt management plan is
provided by a credit counseling agency to individuals who have a severe debt situation and just credit counseling won't help.
Not exact matches
A list of approved
credit counseling agencies is
provided by the United States Trustee Program, which is part of the Department of Justice.
(1) Before executing a contract or agreement with or receiving money or other valuable consideration from a buyer, a
credit services organization shall provide the buyer with a written statement containing: (a) A complete and detailed description of the services to be performed by the credit services organization for the buyer and the total cost of the services; (b) A statement explaining the buyer's right to proceed against the surety bond or surety account required by section 45 - 805; (c) The name and address of the surety company that issued the bond or the name and address of the depository and the trustee and the account number of the surety account; (d) A complete and accurate statement of the buyer's right to review any file on the buyer maintained by a consumer reporting agency as provided by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; (e) A statement that the buyer's file is available for review at no charge on request made to the consumer reporting agency within thirty days after the date of receipt of notice that credit has been denied and that the buyer's file is available for a minimal charge at any other time; (f) A complete and accurate statement of the buyer's right to dispute directly with the consumer reporting agency the completeness or accuracy of any item contained in a file on the buyer maintained by the consumer reporting agency; (g) A statement that accurate information can not be permanently removed from the files of a consumer reporting agency; (h) A complete and accurate statement of when consumer information becomes obsolete and of when consumer reporting agencies are prevented from issuing reports containing obsolete information; and (i) A complete and accurate statement of the availability of nonprofit credit counseling ser
credit services organization shall
provide the buyer with a written statement containing: (a) A complete and detailed description of the services to be performed
by the
credit services organization for the buyer and the total cost of the services; (b) A statement explaining the buyer's right to proceed against the surety bond or surety account required by section 45 - 805; (c) The name and address of the surety company that issued the bond or the name and address of the depository and the trustee and the account number of the surety account; (d) A complete and accurate statement of the buyer's right to review any file on the buyer maintained by a consumer reporting agency as provided by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; (e) A statement that the buyer's file is available for review at no charge on request made to the consumer reporting agency within thirty days after the date of receipt of notice that credit has been denied and that the buyer's file is available for a minimal charge at any other time; (f) A complete and accurate statement of the buyer's right to dispute directly with the consumer reporting agency the completeness or accuracy of any item contained in a file on the buyer maintained by the consumer reporting agency; (g) A statement that accurate information can not be permanently removed from the files of a consumer reporting agency; (h) A complete and accurate statement of when consumer information becomes obsolete and of when consumer reporting agencies are prevented from issuing reports containing obsolete information; and (i) A complete and accurate statement of the availability of nonprofit credit counseling ser
credit services organization for the buyer and the total cost of the services; (b) A statement explaining the buyer's right to proceed against the surety bond or surety account required
by section 45 - 805; (c) The name and address of the surety company that issued the bond or the name and address of the depository and the trustee and the account number of the surety account; (d) A complete and accurate statement of the buyer's right to review any file on the buyer maintained
by a consumer reporting
agency as
provided by the Fair
Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; (e) A statement that the buyer's file is available for review at no charge on request made to the consumer reporting agency within thirty days after the date of receipt of notice that credit has been denied and that the buyer's file is available for a minimal charge at any other time; (f) A complete and accurate statement of the buyer's right to dispute directly with the consumer reporting agency the completeness or accuracy of any item contained in a file on the buyer maintained by the consumer reporting agency; (g) A statement that accurate information can not be permanently removed from the files of a consumer reporting agency; (h) A complete and accurate statement of when consumer information becomes obsolete and of when consumer reporting agencies are prevented from issuing reports containing obsolete information; and (i) A complete and accurate statement of the availability of nonprofit credit counseling ser
Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; (e) A statement that the buyer's file is available for review at no charge on request made to the consumer reporting
agency within thirty days after the date of receipt of notice that
credit has been denied and that the buyer's file is available for a minimal charge at any other time; (f) A complete and accurate statement of the buyer's right to dispute directly with the consumer reporting agency the completeness or accuracy of any item contained in a file on the buyer maintained by the consumer reporting agency; (g) A statement that accurate information can not be permanently removed from the files of a consumer reporting agency; (h) A complete and accurate statement of when consumer information becomes obsolete and of when consumer reporting agencies are prevented from issuing reports containing obsolete information; and (i) A complete and accurate statement of the availability of nonprofit credit counseling ser
credit has been denied and that the buyer's file is available for a minimal charge at any other time; (f) A complete and accurate statement of the buyer's right to dispute directly with the consumer reporting
agency the completeness or accuracy of any item contained in a file on the buyer maintained
by the consumer reporting
agency; (g) A statement that accurate information can not be permanently removed from the files of a consumer reporting
agency; (h) A complete and accurate statement of when consumer information becomes obsolete and of when consumer reporting
agencies are prevented from issuing reports containing obsolete information; and (i) A complete and accurate statement of the availability of nonprofit
credit counseling ser
credit counseling services.
Credit counseling agencies are required
by law to
provide the
counseling for free if you are unable to pay.
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As stated,
credit cards can be a great convenience, yet the reality is that many people seek
credit counseling agencies each day as a result of abusing
credit cards or neglecting to understand all of the terms
provided by credit card companies.
Put simply, the door is now wide open for class action lawsuits targeting
credit counseling agencies — regardless of tax - exempt or nonprofit status — based on nothing more than the
agencies» provision of DMP plans (that are incidental to the education and
counseling provided by the
agencies).
Despite a stated exemption for tax - exempt, nonprofit organizations in CROA, the broad interpretation of the statute adopted
by the First Circuit may, unfortunately, lead to a wave of litigation against legitimate nonprofit
credit counseling agencies that
provide invaluable assistance to consumers in financial distress.
A
credit repair business and its salespersons, agents, and representatives, and independent contractors who sell or attempt to sell the services of a
credit repair business, shall not do any of the following: (1) Charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to full and complete performance of the services that the
credit repair business has agreed to perform for or on behalf of the consumer; (2) Charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the consumer to a retail seller or to any other
credit grantor who will or may extend
credit to the consumer, if the
credit that is or will be extended to the consumer is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (3) Represent that it can directly or indirectly arrange for the removal of derogatory
credit information from the consumer's
credit report or otherwise improve the consumer's
credit report or
credit standing,
provided, this shall not prevent truthful, unexaggerated statements about the consumer's rights under existing law regarding his
credit history or regarding access to his
credit file; (4) Make, or
counsel or advise any consumer to make, any statement that is untrue or misleading and which is known or which
by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading, to a consumer reporting
agency or to any person who has extended
credit to a consumer or to whom a consumer is applying for an extension of
credit, with respect to a consumer's creditworthiness,
credit standing, or
credit capacity; or (5) Make or use any untrue or misleading representations in the offer or sale of the services of a
credit repair business or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a
credit repair business.
These consumer issues often need education and relief, which can be
provided by non-profit
credit counseling agencies.
The NFCC is a non-profit organization representing Member
Agencies that
provide free or low - cost individualized, confidential
credit counseling in - person,
by phone, or on - line.
A Debt Management Plan, or DMP, is usually
provided and serviced
by a
credit counseling agency.