Credit Card Issuers Missing Fair Credit Billing Act Dispute Deadlines
A cardholder's fraud dispute went uninvestigated well past the FCBA-mandated 30/90-day windows, while the issuer's affiliated collector continued pursuing the disputed balance in violation of dispute-hold rules. This points to a systemic gap in enforcing statutory timelines on card-issuer dispute handling.
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