Mealey's (January 2, 2020, 12:26 PM EST) -- RIVERSIDE, Calif. — HSBC Bank USA, National Association and PHH Mortgage Corp. will pay $2.4 million to end a class suit accusing the two companies of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by placing automatic debt collection calls to cell phones without prior consent, according to a class settlement granted final approval by a federal judge in California on Dec. 30 (Saber Ahmed, et al. v. HSBC Bank USA, et al., No. 15-2057, C.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 222750)....