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#2223441 - 10/09/19 05:33 PM TCPA
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We currently have an outside fraud vendor that contacts our customers when fraud is suspected on their account. The customer would receive a text message first (and have the ability to opt-out of text msgs if they so wished). If there was no contact made by text message, then the fraud department will call the customer. During the call, the customer is given the ability to opt-out of future calls before moving on. Our question is this - if a customer opts out of receiving future fraud calls by this fraud department, would our call center within the bank be able to call this customer regarding suspected fraud? We have been receiving notifications from the fraud department regarding certain accounts when a customer has opted out to the phone call. The call center within the bank would then call these customers. But we got to thinking that maybe we shouldn't even be contacting them, even though we had a legitimate business reason to do so. Would this violate TCPA?

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#2223531 - 10/10/19 05:02 PM Re: TCPA Bankwoman1
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These are not telemarketing calls, so the TCPA does not apply. My question is, why is the vendor fraud department giving your customers the option to opt out of these calls? If there is suspected fraud then it's pretty important that you be able to call the customer, so I don't see any sense in letting customers opt out of such calls.
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#2223536 - 10/10/19 05:36 PM Re: TCPA Bankwoman1
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Unless there has been a change since 2015, they have to give an opt-out option

Very Limited and Specific Exemptions for Urgent Circumstances – Free calls or texts to
alert consumers to possible fraud on their bank accounts or remind them of important
medication refills, among other financial alerts or healthcare messages, are allowed without
prior consent, but other types of financial or healthcare calls, such as marketing or debt
collection calls, are not allowed under these limited and very specific exemptions. Also,
consumers have the right to opt out from these permitted calls and texts at any time.
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#2223539 - 10/10/19 05:49 PM Re: TCPA rlcarey
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Yes - it was my understanding that we had to give the customer the option of opting out of these calls and/or text messages. We are going by the information released by the FCC regarding the rules and regulations implementing the TCPA in sections 129 - 139.

So Randy - would you say if the customer has opted out of receiving these calls by the fraud department, then our internal call center should not be calling them either?

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#2223545 - 10/10/19 06:07 PM Re: TCPA Bankwoman1
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I would assume so, but I am by far not a TCPA expert. I also don't even know if the exemption covers a vendor acting on behalf of a bank.
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#2223552 - 10/10/19 07:13 PM Re: TCPA rlcarey
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Ok...thank you! I think for now I will tell our call center not to make the calls until I can find out more.

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#2223670 - 10/12/19 05:11 PM Re: TCPA Bankwoman1
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Rlcarey, I stand corrected, thanks for the clarification.
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