The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a one-year postponement for the compliance date regarding the rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) concerning the revocation of consent for receiving calls and text messages. The rules, initially set to take effect on April 11, 2025, have now been rescheduled for April 11, 2026.
The American Financial Services Association (AFSA) alongside other related trade organizations engaged with the FCC on this matter. The proposed rule aimed to ensure that when a consumer revokes consent for receiving a call or text message, this revocation would apply to all such communications. This was expected to present challenges for financial institutions aiming to maintain customer communication.
The FCC concluded that there is good cause to delay the "revoke all" aspect of the rule's effective date. This delay is intended to provide the affected parties adequate time to develop and implement processes and systems that can adequately manage consumer requests to revoke consent for calls and text messages.