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Top 5 Debt Collection and Recovery Posts of 2021

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2021 saw debt collection and recovery professionals grappling with new regulations while they developed better ways to monitor and handle vulnerable customers during the pandemic. Student Loan Challenges. In December, the Federal Government extended the Student Loan Forbearance Period through January 31, 2021. Trillion owed.

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Is Your Collections Operation Ready for the Economic Recovery?

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In the UK, for example, the recovery of billions of pounds’ worth of business interruption loans, the forecasted SME failure rate (circa 900k) and the need for both phoenix and new businesses to be funded is causing many credit grantors to doubt the effectiveness of historic data.