The Money Source TCPA Prerecorded Call Class Action Settlement

TCPA · Prerecorded Calls · Pending — Automatic Payment

Current Status

There is no claim form and no claim deadline. The Notice states that everyone identified as a Settlement Class Member from The Money Source's business records was sent notice by mail and email, and that all class members who do not submit a timely exclusion request will be sent a Settlement Payment. The date that matters instead is October 7, 2026 — the postmark deadline to exclude yourself or to object. The Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for November 16, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Arizona time in Phoenix. No final approval order has been entered and no payment date had been announced as of August 3, 2026.

What Changed Recently?

This is a settlement of a class action that had already been certified for litigation. On May 7, 2025, Judge John J. Tuchi certified a class of people who received artificial or prerecorded voice calls on their cell phones from The Money Source after asking the company to stop, and appointed The Weitz Firm, LLC and the Law Office of Chris R. Miltenberger, PLLC as Class Counsel. That certification date is why the class period closes on May 7, 2025.

The parties then settled rather than trying the case. Under the settlement, The Money Source will establish a $1,500,000 fund, and the Court has conditionally certified the class for settlement purposes and authorized the notice program now under way. Atticus Administration is handling notice and payments.

The company denies the allegations. The Notice states that The Money Source denies that the calls were unlawful, asserts that it acted in good faith to comply with all relevant laws, and has not conceded the truth or validity of any claim by agreeing to settle. The Court has not ruled on the merits of either side's position.

Who Qualifies?

The Settlement Class described in Question 5 of the Notice covers all people throughout the United States or its territories to whom The Money Source placed, or caused to be placed, a call directed to a number assigned to a cellular telephone service and that appears on the document produced at TMS005442, in connection with which the company used an artificial or prerecorded voice, after the called party requested that it stop placing artificial or prerecorded voice calls to their cell phone as recorded in its business records, from February 6, 2019 through May 7, 2025.

Two things follow from that definition. First, this is a records-based class: the qualifying numbers come from a specific document The Money Source produced during the litigation, so membership is determined by the company's own call and do-not-call records rather than by anything a consumer reports. Second, the stop request is the trigger. Receiving a prerecorded call from The Money Source is not enough on its own — the calls that count are the ones placed after the called party had already asked the company to stop using an artificial or prerecorded voice.

The Notice excludes The Money Source and its employees and agents, members of the judiciary, and anyone who files a timely and proper request to be excluded. It also cautions that receiving a notice does not by itself establish that you are a class member or that you are entitled to compensation — only people who fit the class definition receive money from the fund.

How Much Can You Get?

No per-person figure has been announced, and the Notice does not publish one. What it describes is the method: a pro rata payment from the Settlement Fund to all Settlement Class Members, calculated on the number of calls a class member received after requesting that The Money Source stop placing artificial or prerecorded voice calls, as recorded in the company's business records. Someone the records show received a dozen qualifying calls is in line for more than someone with one.