Extension of ‘revoke all’ compliance date necessary during proposed revision
Financial services organizations, including America’s Credit Unions, joined together to urge the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) to further extend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) compliance deadline. Despite the agency’s recent proposal to eliminate or modify the rule, the organizations requested the extension Tuesday and provided suggestions on the TCPA rulemaking.
A 2024 order from the FCC made concerning changes to the “revoke all” portions of the TPCA, and America’s Credit Unions has regularly engaged with the FCC on the need for changes. The FCC previously extended the compliance date to April 11, 2026, and last month issued proposed updates addressing many of the concerns.
“Although the Commission may decide to eliminate or modify the rule before the current April 11, 2026, implementation deadline, businesses must begin deploying resources very soon (or have already begun deploying resources) to comply by that date,” the organizations wrote Tuesday. “These resources may be wasted if the Commission eliminates or modifies the rule.”
The organizations request an additional extension of one year (to April 11, 2027), or six months after adopting the proposed updates, whichever is the later date.
Regarding the TCPA itself, they ask the FCC to:
- Finalize the draft rulemaking to undo or modify the rule that treats a single “STOP” message as canceling all texts/calls from a business, even important ones like fraud alerts;
- Allow callers to designate a single, clear method for customers to revoke consent so opt-outs can be processed quickly and consistently; and
- Strengthen anti-spoofing measures by moving forward with proposed upgrades to the STIR/SHAKEN caller-ID authentication framework to curb scam and impersonation calls.
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