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Long title: An Act to establish for the protection of consumers a new system, administered by the Director General of Fair Trading, of licensing and other control of traders concerned with the provision of credit, or the supply of goods on hire or hire-purchase, and their transactions, in place of the present enactments regulating moneylenders, pawnbrokers and hire-purchase traders and their ...
The Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) is a United States law Pub. L. 90–321, 82 Stat. 146, enacted May 29, 1968, composed of several titles relating to consumer credit, mainly title I, the Truth in Lending Act, title II related to extortionate credit transactions, title III related to restrictions on wage garnishment, and title IV related to the National Commission on Consumer Finance.
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Pub. L. 95-109; 91 Stat. 874, codified as 15 U.S.C. § 1692 –1692p, approved on September 20, 1977 (and as subsequently amended), is a consumer protection amendment, establishing legal protection from abusive debt collection practices, to the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as Title VIII of that Act.
The Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA) The CROA is a federal law created to protect consumers from deceptive practices in the credit repair industry. Passed in 1996, it outlines clear rules ...
The Truth in Lending Act was originally Title I of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, Pub. L. 90–321, 82 Stat. 146, enacted May 29, 1968. [2] The regulations implementing the statute, which are known as "Regulation Z", are codified at 12 CFR 226. Most of the specific requirements imposed by TILA are found in Regulation Z, so a reference to ...
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; Long title: An Act to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 made it easier for both groups to obtain credit cards and loans. The act includes rights and protections for consumers applying for credit.
It was written as an amendment to add a title VI to the Consumer Credit Protection Act, Pub. L. 90–321, 82 Stat. 146, enacted June 29, 1968. The Fair Credit Reporting Act was one of the first data privacy laws passed in the Information Age. The findings of the U.S. Congress that led to the Act and the Act's regulatory goals set the direction ...