Industry win: FCC delays ‘revoke all’ portion of revocation of consent order

Credit union advocacy saw a win Monday, as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it will delay a concerning part of its revocation of consent rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). America’s Credit Unions encouraged the delay in meetings with the FCC, including several times last month.

America’s Credit Unions supported the October 2024 TCPA order expanding the ability of consumers to revoke consent to receive unwanted robocalls and robotexts. However, it opposed a section that would revoke consent for all kinds of future robocalls or robotexts if a consumer opted out of only one kind. For credit unions, this meant that if a member responded STOP to a marketing text, it would also stop all of their other messages, including fraud alerts, low balance alerts, and other time-sensitive alerts. 

Monday’s order from the FCC delays the compliance date until April 11, 2026, a one-year delay from the original. 

The delay gives America’s Credit Unions additional time to advocate the FCC revise the scope of the requirement, and to allow member credit unions additional compliance time.