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Fourth Circuit: Creditors Cannot Use Funds from Cardholder’s Deposit Account to Offset HELOC
On August 14, in case of first impression, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Truth in Lending Act’s (“TILA”) offset provision, which prevents creditors from dipping into consumers’ deposit accounts to offset outstanding payments on their …