The debt settlement industry has long been viewed through an adversarial lens, but that framing is outdated.
High-performing debt settlement firms are increasingly stepping into a new role: as structured, compliant intermediaries that help creditors recover funds more efficiently while supporting consumers through sustainable resolution paths. It’s time to move beyond the stereotypes and rethink settlement as a legitimate, infrastructure-level component of modern collections.
The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on February 26, 2026, to examine how the agency can better understand and measure consumer injuries and benefits that may result from the collection, use, or disclosure of consumer data.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify the longstanding authority of national banks limited to the operations of trust companies and activities related thereto to engage in non-fiduciary activities in addition to their fiduciary activities. The proposal would neither expand nor contract the OCC’s authority to charter a national bank. Comments on all aspects of the proposed rule are due 30 days after it is published in the Federal Register.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced that the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the January Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 29, 2026
On January 3, 2026, the Senate sent the nomination of Stuart Levenbach to be CFPB Director back to the President—a move that would allow Russell Vought to remain acting head of the bureau through August 1.
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