December 2020
Intermediate to advanced
552 pages
20h 7m
English
Congress passed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 (FACTA) in response to the growth in identity theft crimes.44 FACTA made it harder for consumer financial information to be used to commit these crimes through changes to the FCRA.
Congress recognized that the financial industry has a role in protecting customers from identity theft. Therefore, FACTA required the federal bank regulatory agencies and the FTC to work together to create rules that would identify and respond to possible instances of identity theft. These agencies issued a joint rule, known as the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule,45 on November 9, 2007.
The purpose of the Red Flags Rule is to fight identity theft. The ...
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