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Point-of-Sale Finance Series: The Holder Rule at 50
In this crossover episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros, Jason Cover sits down with Brooke Conkle and Caleb Rosenberg to demystify the Federal Trade Commission's Holder Rule and its day‑to‑day impact on point‑of‑sale (POS) finance programs. They explain why creditors and assignees inherit customers' claims and defenses against merchants, what transactions are in scope and out of scope, how liability is generally capped at amounts paid (and why attorneys' fees remain a live issue), and how merchant/vendor/dealer agreements can shift risk back to sellers. The conversation…
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