The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) yesterday (November 9) released a report showing that a “sizeable fraction of young enlisted servicemembers go delinquent on debt payments or have severe derogatories (for example, defaults) on their credit record around the time they leave active duty.”
The report, entitled Debt and Delinquency After Military Service looked at auto loans, revolving credit accounts and “personal or retail installment loans,” as well as medical and non-medical debt. It found that servicemembers that serve for at least seven months are between two- and ten-times more likely to have delinquencies or defaults on their credit reports in the six months after leaving active service compared to the six months before.
“As a result of these negative outcomes, servicemembers’ credit scores decline just after separation, and do not recover for at least one year after leaving the military,” the Bureau report found. “The drop is most severe for those with tenures between seven and 35 months and for those who exit with a Near Prime credit score or below, as opposed to a Prime score or better.”
The Bureau noted that the data cannot explain what causes the observed patterns of delinquency and default. “Publicly available statistics suggest medical and less-than-honorable discharges are not common enough to explain delinquency and default among young veterans. Employment rates and average income of young veterans in the first year after service may explain some of the patterns, but ultimately the root causes remain important open questions for further study.”
AFSA agrees that further study may be warranted and would be happy to work with the Bureau to help explain what may cause these observed patterns.
CFPB Report Examines Servicemember Debt
Nov 10, 2020
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) yesterday (November 9) released a report showing that a “sizeable fraction of young enlisted servicemembers go delinquent on debt payments or have severe derogatories (for example, defaults)… Read the rest
LISTEN | AFSA Extra Credit Podcast w/ AFSA Chair Tom Hudgins
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In this episode of the AFSA Extra Credit Podcast we talk with Tom Hudgins, 2021 AFSA Chair and President & COO of Western Shamrock. Tom has been an integral part of AFSA leadership for many years and has served on many committees and working… Read the rest
The CFPB Debt Collection Rule: Compliance Considerations
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Join us on December 3 at 2:00 p.m. ET for Auto Loan Accommodations: Insights from the Past, Applications for the Present, presented by TransUnion.
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CFPB Issues Final Debt Collection Rule
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For the first time in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s (FDCPA) 40-plus-year history, a regulatory agency has issued rules under the statute.
The new rulemaking, issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), … Read the rest