Sentences with phrase «services on behalf of the consumer»

PIAC is a non-profit organization and charity that provides legal and research services on behalf of consumer interests, and, in particular, vulnerable consumer interests, concerning the provision of important public services.

PIAC is a non-profit organization and charity that provides legal and research services on behalf of consumer interests.

Almost all debt settlement companies charge a large portion of their fees in advance before they perform any significant services on behalf of the consumer.

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is a non-profit organization that provides legal and research services on behalf of consumer interests, and, in particular, vulnerable consumer interests, concerning the provision of important public services.

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre («PIAC») is a national, non-profit organization and registered charity that provides legal and research services on behalf of consumer interests, and, in particular, vulnerable consumer interests, concerning the provision of important public services.

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) provides legal and research services on behalf of consumer interests, and, in particular, vulnerable consumer interests, concerning the provision of important public services.

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A lobbyist on behalf of Equifax Canada has signed up to speak with the province's Minister of Government and Consumer Services and all 107 members of the provincial parliament at...

Contractual partners who have access to your Personal Data in order to provide services to you on behalf of The Consumer Goods Forum are contractually obliged to keep such information in confidence and may not use these Personal Data for any other purpose.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

Jackie, originally from Sheffield, now lives in Purfleet and is a policy adviser at the Financial Services Consumer Panel where she works on behalf of consumers to get fairer treatment from financial institutions.

Today a survey amongst 2,000 UK consumers carried out on behalf of the Building Societies Association shows that if the barriers were lowered a remarkably large proportion of the UK population would consider building their own home either directly or using the services of architects and contractors.

«On behalf of the local growers who have supported the Oneida County Public Market in its initial, highly successful weeks, and the consumers who come to Union Station each Saturday in ever - increasing numbers, I want to thank the Agricultural Marketing Service for its support of our project,» Picente said.

Well the Consumer Law Group has filed a class action lawsuit at the Quebec Superior Court on behalf of individuals who have BlackBerry smartphones and who pay for a monthly data plan but were unable to access their email, BlackBerry Messenger service (BBM), and / or Internet for the period of October 11 to 14, 2011.

CONSUMER hereby acknowledges that Credit Repair Organization does not guarantee any specific outcomes or results on behalf of CONSUMER, but contracts to provide the specific list of services as more fully described herein.

With an increased focus for consumers on repairing their credit, it makes sense that there are increased efforts on behalf of less - than - reputable «credit repair» companies to market their services to unsuspecting consumers.

The services of a home inspector are not provided on behalf of, or in affiliation with, the Province of British Columbia or the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority (commonly known and doing business as Consumer Protection BC).

In Massachusetts, Money Management International of Massachusetts provides services to consumers on behalf of MMI.

(7) An affiliate of a supervised lender when the affiliate provides services described in paragraph A, subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) for or on behalf of that supervised lender and when the affiliate is not compensated by the consumer for those services;

(8) An employee of a supervised lender or an employee of an affiliate of a supervised lender when the employee provides services described in paragraph A, subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) for or on behalf of that supervised lender or affiliate and when the employee or the affiliate is not compensated by the consumer for those services;

(2) The terms and conditions of payment, including the total of all payments to be made by the consumer, whether to the credit repair business or to some other person; (3) A complete and detailed description of the services to be performed and the results to be achieved by the credit repair business for or on behalf of the consumer, including all guarantees and all promises of full or partial refunds and a list of the adverse information appearing on the consumer's credit report that the credit repair business expects to have modified; (4) The principal business address of the credit repair business and the name and address of its agent in this State authorized to receive service of process; and (5) One of the following statements, as appropriate, in substantially the following form: a. «As required by North Carolina law, this credit repair business has secured a bond by..........

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.

The following are deceptive acts: (1) To charge or receive money or other valuable consideration before the complete performance of services that a credit services organization has agreed to perform for or on behalf of a consumer, unless the credit services organization has under section 8 of this chapter: (A) obtained a surety bond issued by a surety company admitted to do business in Indiana; or (B) established an irrevocable letter of credit.

organization for or on behalf of the buyer, including all guarantees and all promises of full or partial refunds and a list of the adverse information appearing on the consumer's credit report that the credit services organization expects to have modified and the estimated date by which each modification will occur.

Debt settlement companies do not assume consumer debt, make monthly payments to creditors on behalf of customers or provide tax, bankruptcy, accounting or legal advice or credit repair services.

Like the debt settlement model, most debt negotiation companies charge all of their fees in advance, before any services are performed on behalf of the consumer.

Further, the value of the service that a debt settlement company offers a consumer is speculative because, at the time that the company enrolls a consumer and collects an initial fee and obligates the consumer to pay other fees, the company does not know what terms, if any, it will be able to negotiate on behalf of the consumer.

However, If you're a third party service negotiating the terms of a new consolidation loan with DE on behalf of a consumer, you may be clear of UDMSA, but I think you, the third party, are in danger of being a «loan broker» and requiring appropriate licensure.

Charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to full and complete performance of the services that the credit services business has agreed to perform for or on behalf of the consumer, unless the consumer has agreed to pay for such services during the term of a written subscription agreement that provides for the consumer to make periodic payments during the agreement's term in consideration for the credit services business's ongoing performance of services for or on behalf of the consumer, provided that such subscription agreement may be cancelled at any time by the consumer;

Any extensions of credit brokered or arranged on behalf of a buyer by a credit service organization must comply with the provisions of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and the Credit Services Organization Act.

Madigan s complaint alleges that consumers did not understand (1) that their monthly payments would be used to pay fees before any performance of services on their behalf, and (2) that it takes several months to accumulate a lump sum payment to begin negotiating a payoff with the credit card companies.

PIAC seeks to represent and advocate on behalf of ordinary consumers, in particular vulnerable consumers, concerning the rates, policies, rules and regulations associated with the delivery of these services with a view to ensuring principles of access and affordability and fair treatment for the constituencies it tries to serve.

For the year ending March 2015, more than 200,000 new PPI claims were received by the Financial Ombudsman Service, of which 79 % were lodged by CMCs on behalf of consumers, and around 20 % came from consumers directly.

Ownership — We believe that all information yielded by work done on behalf of consumers of legal services is owned by those consumers, and as such should be deployed for the benefit of those consumers.

Consequently, we have a long record of successfully resolving these proceedings on behalf of clients across industries, including retail and consumer products, energy, chemicals, media and entertainment, healthcare and life sciences, heavy manufacturing, insurance, technology, and financial services.

Co-lead counsel on behalf of a national accounting firm in consumer and competitor class actions seeking hundreds of millions of dollars based on alleged misrepresentations relating to the provision of services.

An authority on payments and consumer financial services compliance, Barrie focuses on three areas at the cross-section of the fintech space: consumer - facing financial and banking, regulatory counseling and investigations, payment card industry, including brand operating rules and data security standards; money transmission; and prepaid card access on behalf of leading merchants, payment processors and industry vendors.

Customer service advisor: # 18,500 pa Search Consultancy is actively looking on behalf of our client for a customer service advisor for one of the leading consumer finance companies.

Responsible for negotiating multiple variations of unsecured debt on behalf of thousands of consumers with continued servicing from month to month over multiple different creditors

A service like the Mobile Concierge Platform that does this on behalf of the broker and agent, as an extension of their brand and in a manner that meets consumer's expectations, will prove to be extremely valuable and ultimately drive more transactions.

Because we all fight the same fight on behalf of the consumer, which is to provide them with the best quality service possible.

By responding quickly on behalf of our clients, and then targeting follow up messages specifically to the home buyer or seller, brokers and agents communicate to consumers that they are dedicated to quality service and an exceptional experience.»

As a real estate licensee, Fred should ensure his clients understand which of his services are regulated under RESA, which are subject to the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, and that any funds he collects on behalf of the clients will be held by his brokerage in segregated accounts.

From operating and leading one of the strongest and most accurate Multiple Listing Services in the Miami Valley region, to engaging elected officials on behalf of REALTORS ® and protecting the consumer's right to homeownership — Dayton REALTORS ® is here to work for our members.

The organization also provides consumer services on behalf of the membership to police the REALTOR ® trademark and enhance and elevate the profession within the industry.

Proposed § 1026.19 (f)(3)(ii) would have provided that a creditor or settlement service provider may charge a consumer or seller the average charge for a settlement service if the average charge is no more than the average amount paid for that service by or on behalf of all consumers and sellers for a class of transactions, the creditor or settlement service provider defines the class of transactions based on an appropriate period of time, geographic area, and type of loan, the creditor or settlement service provider uses the same average charge for every transaction within the defined class, and the creditor or settlement service provider does not use an average charge for any type of insurance, for any charge based on the loan amount or property value, or if doing so is otherwise prohibited by law.