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Collection Industry News
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
This action should send a clear message that illegal collection practices will come with heavy consequences.” According to the complaint, however, the debts GCI is attempting to collect either don’t exist at all or are not debts GCI can legally collect. The case will be decided by the court.
PDC Flow
JANUARY 24, 2023
Like other Accounts Receivable professionals, Franklin found his career by accident when he accepted a collection job after college in 2005. He has a wide range of experience, including consumer, commercial, international and legal collections. At Cedar, many different departments work together to keep things running.
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Nexa Collect
JUNE 24, 2023
You should discuss these points with the compliance superior of your collection agency. Since collection agencies fall under GLBA laws, they are subjected to the same strict laws as large financial institutions like banks. In the United States, for example, debt collectors must adhere to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).
Credit Corp
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Whether mail went missing or communication about medical debt got mixed up, it’s possible an account with your name on it is languishing somewhere in collections. Get some tips to find out all your debts so you can make educated decisions about how to clean up your credit history. How to Find All Your Debts.
Taurus Collect
JUNE 12, 2023
Thus, debt collection agencies are commonly utilised to ensure that funds due back to businesses don’t go unpaid. But how often do debt collection agencies take their clients’ customers to court? But did you know that these agencies often try to resolve your debt before resorting to legal action?
Collection Industry News
MARCH 8, 2021
In a coordinated effort in 2015 called Operation Collection Protection, the FTC and more than 70 law enforcement partners took 115 actions against deceptive and abusive debt collection practices. In the FTC cases, the defendants made calls to collect debts they couldn’t legally collect or the victims didn’t owe.
Collection Industry News
OCTOBER 19, 2020
The 2015 consent order required Encore and its subsidiaries, prior to filing collection litigation, to provide consumers with a disclosure that the companies would provide original account-level documentation at no cost to the consumer within 30 days of a request. The complaint alleged that the defendants failed to do both of these.
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