Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware, Inc. d/b/a Guidewell Financial Solutions on March 2, 2016.; The petition seeks a declaratory statement from the Office on whether Petitioner's business activities (of assisting consumers ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Finance

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Office of Financial Regulation has received the petition for declaratory statement from Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware, Inc. d/b/a Guidewell Financial Solutions on March 2, 2016.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Chapter 560, Florida Statutes. as it applies to the petitioner.

The petition seeks a declaratory statement from the Office on whether Petitioner's business activities (of assisting consumers with Debt Management Plans (DMP), where consumers enter into DMP agreements with Petitioner, and through a payment processing platform, disburses funds to Creditors) fall within Florida’s money transmitting licensing statute Chapter 560, Florida Statutes.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Office of Financial Regulation, P.O. Box 8050, Tallahassee, Florida 32314-8050, [phone].

Please refer all comments to: Agency Clerk, Office of Financial Regulation, P.O. Box 8050, Tallahassee, Florida 32314-8050, [phone] by March 23, 2016.