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District of Columbia enacts emergency debt collection law in response to COVID-19 pandemic; Massachusetts AG issues guidance on emergency debt collection regulation

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On April 7, the District of Columbia passed the COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency and Temporary Amendment Act of 2020 which goes into effect immediately and lasts until 60 days after the emergency ends.

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Attorney General for District of Columbia Files “True Lender” Complaint Against Elevate Bank Program

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The Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Karl A. Racine, (the “AG”) has filed a complaint against Elevate Credit, Inc. (“Elevate”) in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia alleging violations of the D.C.

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DC Bar: Lawyers Allowed To Take Digital Currency As Payment

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lawyers will be allowed to accept cryptocurrency as payment, according to an opinion by the District of Columbia Bar. The ethics decision came down because of the increasing prominence of digital currency, with the District of Columbia Bar finding it “cannot hold back the tides of change.” Washington D.C.

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This week’s podcast episode: Recent federal and state debt collection developments

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We then discuss compliance and licensing issues under District of Columbia, California, Utah, and New York debt collection laws and the Wyoming “debt buyer” licensing requirement. . We first look at the impact of the CFPB’s most recent rulemaking agenda on debt collectors. Continue Reading

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D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking issues bulletin on money transmission

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On August 8, 2022, the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (the Department”) issued a Bulletin on money transmission (the “Bulletin”). District Court for the District of Columbia in United States v. Larry Dean Harmon , 474 F.Supp.3d 3d 76 (D.D.C. Code §26-1001 et seq.,

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Bitcoin Daily: Russia Says Digital Ruble Could Mitigate Sanction Risk; FinCEN Fines Crypto ‘Mixer’ $60M Over AML Violations

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District Court for the District of Columbia. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the U.S. As it stands, the individual is being prosecuted in a U.S. Department of Justice’s Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section.

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Senate Approves Five Week Extension For Paycheck Protection Program 

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Only Maryland, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia have seen fewer new cases. The vote follows a PYMNTS survey that revealed a majority of SMB owners surveyed, more than 58 percent, said early on in the pandemic they weren’t sure their businesses would survive.