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24 Companies Seeking Collection Talent

Account Recovery

During this, The Great Resignation Era, I thought it would be helpful to start a regular posting of different jobs within the accounts receivable management industry that I have found online. Please make sure to do your own due diligence before applying for a position included here or accepting any offers. This is merely meant to be a service to aggregate industry job opportunities into one convenient location.

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Navigating the World of Collections

Burt and Associates

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When Outsourcing Debt Collection Makes Sense for Your Business

Enterprise Recovery

Following up on past-due invoices and delinquent accounts can be a full-time job. However, it is invaluable to your business's bottom line. If you're considering outsourcing debt collections or handling them in-house, this post can help clarify the benefits of outsourcing. Outsourcing B2B debt collection can transform your financial operations by bringing in expertise, reducing costs, and freeing up valuable internal resources.

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CFPB Orders Global Tel Link to Pay $3 Million for Illegally Freezing and Draining Payments Accounts for People Who Are Incarcerated

Consumer Finance

The CFPB took action against Global Tel Link Corporation and its subsidiaries for taking millions of dollars from consumer accounts and blocking money transfers to consumers who are incarcerated.

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Solve Your Firm's Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Over Repeated Medical Debt Collection Attempts

Account Recovery

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is part of a series that is sponsored by WebRecon. WebRecon identifies serial plaintiffs lurking in your database BEFORE you contact them and expose yourself to a likely lawsuit. Protect your company from as many as one in three new consumer lawsuits by scrubbing your consumers through WebRecon first. Want to learn more? Call (855) WEB-RECON or email admin@webrecon.net today!

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Can You Pay a Credit Card With Another Credit Card?

Credit Corp

Being tight on cash when your credit card is due can be stressful. You may wonder if you can use another credit card to cover the upcoming payment. Unfortunately, most lenders don’t accept credit card payments. But that doesn’t mean you’re out of options. You can try using a cash advance or transferring the balance to a different card.

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CFPB Survey Reveals Impacts of Student Loan Debt Relief and Repayment Challenges

Consumer Finance

The CFPB issued its first results from its Student Loan Borrower Survey, providing insights into the effects of student loan debt relief programs and the challenges borrowers face in navigating repayment options.

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ARM and RCM in Q3: Navigating Rising Challenges

Account Recovery

The Accounts Receivable Management and Revenue Cycle Management sectors are navigating significant headwinds that are reshaping how debts are collected heading into the final weeks of 2024, according to a report released recently by Corporate Advisory Solutions. Rising delinquencies, the return of student loan payments, and evolving credit reporting rules for medical debt are driving change across these sectors, which industry professionals need to keep in sharp focus.

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Why Secure Document Sharing is Essential for Compliance

PDC Flow

Companies with strict compliance needs or those that value privacy should be using secure document sharing for every message they send. After all, failing to protect customer information with secure document sharing practices can: create compliance issues damage your reputation lead to customer loss result in financial penalties Plus, customers expect secure document sharing any time you send contracts, terms of service, or other important paperwork to an email inbox or mobile number.

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Top 3 Banking Secrets to Stay Relevant with Gen Z Consumers

Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert

In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant (or getting "ghosted") if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. Credit cards with flexible payment options, especially for young adults with little-to-no credit history, are a particularly important and valuable solution for this generation.

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How to Get Your Credit Ready for a Mortgage: 5 Tips to Help You Prepare

Credit Corp

When you take out a mortgage, a financial institution agrees to lend you enough money to purchase a home. In exchange, you promise to make monthly payments until you’ve paid off the loan balance. Each payment includes principal and interest, which is the cost of borrowing money. Before approving your mortgage application, a lender needs to know you have the ability to pay back the loan.

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CFPB Pilot Study Finds Differential Treatment in Small Business Lending Markets

Consumer Finance

The CFPB released a study revealing significant disparities in how lenders treat Black and white small business owners seeking loans.

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Massachusetts AG Proposes Prohibition on Medical Debt Credit Reporting, Other Collection Limitations

Account Recovery

The Attorney General of Massachusetts is recommending a prohibition on the credit reporting of medical debt while also making other suggestions about how medical debts are collected as part of a report that her office released this week on healthcare cost trends in The Bay State. The report includes specific recommendations to address these issues, such as prohibiting medical debt from being reported to credit bureaus and improving medical debt collection practices to protect vulnerable consumer

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Finding the money after a judgment: Using a supplementary process to locate hidden assets

Collections Law

You’ve gone through the trouble of obtaining a judgment against a debtor, yet here you are, now facing the frustration of having to find money to collect. The debtor seems to have vanished, taking their assets with them. Sound familiar? It’s a predicament many business owners in Massachusetts encounter. But fear not, the supplementary process in Massachusetts can be your saving grace.

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How Collection Agencies Minimize Effort and Maximize Results with the Right Software

Navigating collections in the dynamic financial landscape presents multifaceted challenges. Organizations face pressures to maintain standards alongside software challenges like regulatory adaptations, data integration, security, workflow optimization, and automation. Finding the right software can save time and money. BEAM offers a comprehensive solution with specialized modules to streamline debt collection effortlessly.

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How to Maintain and Improve Your Credit Score Before and After Retirement

Credit Corp

You want to aim for good credit at all stages of life, but some people forget to consider how important credit is when you reach retirement. When you retire, you want to have as much financial freedom as possible to live out the rest of your years in peace. Unfortunately, bad credit can get in the way if you’re not careful. Why It’s Important to Have Good Credit in Retirement You May Need to Take out a Loan Retirement comes with many expenses, some of which can be unexpected.

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CFPB Report Details Student Borrower Harms from Servicing Failures and Program Disruptions

Consumer Finance

The CFPB released the annual report of the Student Loan Ombudsman, highlighting severe difficulties reported by student borrowers in consumer complaints.

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CFPB Hits Global Tel Link with $3 Million Penalty for Abusive Practices

Account Recovery

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced an enforcement action against Global Tel Link Corporation and its subsidiaries, involving financial penalties totaling $3 million. GTL is required to pay at least $2 million in redress to harmed consumers and a $1 million penalty to the CFPB’s victims relief fund. What happened: GTL and its subsidiaries, which provide money transfer services to incarcerated individuals, were found to have illegally blocked money transfers and sei

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CFPB 2024 Annual Report

Burt and Associates

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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What is credit card fraud?: 5 common types you should know

Credit Corp

Many or all of the products featured here are from our partners who compensate us. This may influence which products we write about and where and how the product appears on a page. However, this does not influence our evaluations. Credit card fraud can happen when bad actors use your existing accounts or steal your information to open up new accounts.

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CFPB Report Details Carveouts for Financial Institutions in State Data Privacy Laws

Consumer Finance

The CFPB released a report examining federal and state-level privacy protections for consumers’ financial data.

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Daily Digest – November 15. Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Over Repeated Medical Debt Collection Attempts; Mass. AG Proposes Ban on Medical Debt Credit Reporting

Account Recovery

Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Over Repeated Medical Debt Collection Attempts Judge Denies Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss in FCRA Case While Also Issuing Warning to Defense Attorney Massachusetts AG Proposes Prohibition on Medical Debt Credit Reporting, Other Collection Limitations CFPB Hits Global Tel Link with $3 Million Penalty for Abusive Practices WORTH NOTING: How to get your home ready for winter … If you are worried about giving your family food poisoning during the holiday season, here

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Case Study Plumbing

Burt and Associates

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When It Comes to Collections Software, “Good Enough” Isn’t Good Enough

Are you finding some snags in your collections process? With delinquencies, and the number of consumers looking for payment assistance on the rise, it may be time to consider an efficient cloud-based software to support your team. Learn how MeridianLink® Collect has helped financial institutions like yours streamline collections processes.

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Personal Loan vs. Credit Card: Which Should You Choose?

Credit Corp

Many or all of the products featured here are from our partners who compensate us. This may influence which products we write about and where and how the product appears on a page. However, this does not influence our evaluations. Credit cards and personal loans are both ways to borrow money, but key differences can make one option better than the other in certain financial situations.

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Retention Of Title Clause And Insolvency Cases: Explained

Hudson Weir

For businesses entering insolvency, or at risk of this happening, creditor claims are a key concern – especially if a retention of title clause was involved in the initial contract. Why? Because it means a creditor including a retention of title clause in the agreement took preventative measures, in case their customer was unable to pay for the goods or services later: Retention of title means that in the event that a business does not pay a supplier in full for the product or service, that prov

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Judge Denies Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss in FCRA Case While Also Issuing Warning to Defense Attorney

Account Recovery

A District Court judge in Maryland has denied a defendant’s motion for partial dismissal or summary judgment and also denied the plaintiff’s motion to strike affirmative defenses in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case, in which the judge also warned the defendant’s attorney of her “ethical and professional responsibilities” regarding misrepresentations that were made.

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California Debt Collection

Burt and Associates

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How To Optimize Cash Flow: Your Roadmap To Resilience!

Speaker: Genevieve Hancock, CPA

Cash flow isn’t just about balancing numbers - it's about ensuring your organization is positioned for both immediate stability and long-term success. Understanding that cash flow management fuels every decision, every opportunity, and every growth phase is critical. But how can you shift from simply managing cash to strategically optimizing it for resilience?