Account Recovery
APRIL 26, 2024
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Enterprise Recovery
APRIL 26, 2024
In today's competitive business landscape, it's important to manage late payments while upholding positive client relationships. Use the following techniques to navigate the delicate balance of recovering outstanding debts while maintaining trust and loyalty with your clients. Discover ethical collection practices to help recover late payments while maintaining positive client relationships.
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Consumer Finance
APRIL 23, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an edition of Supervisory Highlights describing the agency’s actions to combat junk fees charged by mortgage servicers.
Collections Law
APRIL 23, 2024
Winning a judgment from the court might feel like a victory, but getting paid might be a whole new battle that you and your company were not expecting. At Law Offices of Alan M. Cohen & Associates LLC, our Massachusetts commercial collections attorneys have over 50 years of experience in aggressive, relentless, effective and commercial debt collection including but not limited to judgment enforcement and domestication.
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.
Account Recovery
APRIL 26, 2024
Bankruptcy filings across the United States have shown a significant increase, rising by 16% during the 12-month period ending March 31, according to data released yesterday by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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Consumer Finance
APRIL 23, 2024
CFPB publica una edición de su Reporte de Supervisión descibriendo sus acciones para combatir tarifas inesperadas cobradas por administradores de hipotecas.
Credit Corp
APRIL 26, 2024
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. A 1099-c cancellation of debt form is issued when a lender forgives or cancels a debt. The 1099 c form helps the IRS account for canceled debts from the previous tax year.
Account Recovery
APRIL 26, 2024
The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit yesterday issued a ruling in a long-awaited Fair Credit Reporting Act reasonable investigation case, but side-stepped the issue that everyone was hoping it would decide, instead affirming the District Court’s ruling in favor of the defendant, but for an entirely different reason.
UK debt collections
APRIL 26, 2024
John Barnes, the former England and Liverpool footballer, has been banned as a company director after his business failed to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax. John Barnes Media Limited failed to pay more than £190,000 in corporation tax and VAT between 2018 and 2020, it was revealed following an investigation by the Insolvency Service. HMRC was the firm’s only known creditor when it ceased trading.
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.
Consumer Finance
APRIL 24, 2024
As Americans suddenly realized they could not withdraw their funds from Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX in November 2022, they wondered whether they would ever get their money back. In FTX’s bankruptcy filing was an unusual item: a deposit account held by FTX worth roughly $50 million at Farmington State Bank.
Jimerson Firm
APRIL 22, 2024
In the ever-evolving realm of construction contracts, navigating the contractual dispute resolution procedures can pose significant challenges for contractors. Since the 2007 revision to AIA contract forms, the so-called Initial Decision Maker (IDM) process has become more common and is presenting new challenges for contractors. Thus, a basic understanding of the IDM process is essential for contractors seeking to navigate these complexities.
Account Recovery
APRIL 26, 2024
Suit Accuses Collector of Communicating in Different Channel After Receiving Refusal to Pay Appeals Court Side-Steps Chance to Create Bright-Line Rule on FCRA Claims, But Still Affirms Ruling for Defendant FTC Sues Payments Company For Charging Consumers Millions of Dollars in Junk Fees Bankruptcy Filings See Notable Increase in 2024 WORTH NOTING: The World Health […]
Hudson Weir
APRIL 26, 2024
A company’s Statement of Affairs is a detailed overview of its financial position, required for several different types of formal insolvency proceedings. But the reasons for preparing this document – and what happens afterwards – differ slightly depending on which insolvency procedure the company enters into. In all circumstances, for the best outcome, company directors should formally instruct a licensed and experienced insolvency practitioner to start and oversee the process.
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Credit Corp
APRIL 26, 2024
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. Your credit score is one of the most influential factors when it comes to your financial health. It determines whether or not you can get a loan, how much you pay in interest fees, and the amount you need for deposits.
Price Meese
APRIL 26, 2024
Federal Trade Commission Declares Non-Compete Agreements to be Unenforceable Unfair Competition On April 24, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission issued its “Non-Compete Clause Final Rule” (the “Rule”). [1] The Rule declares that non-compete agreements will be a form of unfair competition in all states. A non-compete agreement is defined as a term of an agreement or policy of employment that would interfere with an employee’s seeking or accepting work with any other employer, or operating any kin
Account Recovery
APRIL 25, 2024
Getting to Know Jessica Kagansky of Crown Asset Management Appeals Court Affirms Ruling in FCRA Case Over Dispute Investigation CFPB Publishes Supervisory Highlights on Mortgage Servicer Issues DFPI Fines Student Loan Servicer for Delivering Report 17 Days Late State Collection Service Achieves HITRUST Risk-Based, 2-year Certification WORTH NOTING: Animals get stressed during eclipses, it turns […]
Qualco
APRIL 25, 2024
NPL Management: A 5-Step Roadmap to Strategic Success is the latest e-Guide to be published by Qualco UK. You can view it here. In today's regulatory environment, when it comes to collecting overdue accounts, the clear, overarching message is that the customer must be treated fairly and ethically. However, in a small number of credit businesses, the right strategies for systems and people have not been set.
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.
Credit Corp
APRIL 26, 2024
A nest egg is a substantial amount of money that you save for a specific purpose. Savings accounts, investment accounts and working financial professionals can help you grow your nest egg. A nest egg is a fund that you set aside for a specific purpose. Nest eggs can be large sums of cash that you store in a safe, retirement accounts like 401(k)s and IRAs, or investments like index funds and government bonds.
Sawin & Shea
APRIL 24, 2024
Before someone makes a bankruptcy filing, it is not uncommon for debtors to feel as if they have to make some tough decisions. Which creditors can they pay? Which ones will not get the payment they’re owed? This typically occurs because the debtor doesn’t have the money to pay all of their creditors, so they feel they need to rank which ones are more important to pay first.
Account Recovery
APRIL 24, 2024
Judge Remands Collection Lawsuit Back to State Court FTC Enacts Ban on Noncompete Clauses Walmart-Backed Fintech Starts Offering BNPL Services 25 Companies Seeking Collection Talent Attorney Issa K.
FFGN COLLECT NY
APRIL 23, 2024
New York debt collection laws allow judgment creditors many ways to collect from debtors. One option available is to take over or “charge” a judgment debtor’s interest in an LLC or limited liability company. An LLC is a separate entity that offers personal liability to each of the shareholders or stockholders. An individual and/or corporation may have an interest in an LLC, and that interest is fair game when it comes to judgment enforcement in New York.
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?
Credit Corp
APRIL 23, 2024
Medical debt can negatively impact your credit score by increasing your credit utilization ratio. Or, if you don’t pay off the debt, by being listed as a charge-off or an item in collections on your credit reports. Medical debt can have a direct impact on your credit score in a few different ways. How it will affect your credit score will depend on a few different factors, like: Where you check your credit score How much medical debt you have How long you’ve had that medical debt If you’ve fully
Collections Law
APRIL 22, 2024
On occasion, a corporation may appear destitute, even defaulting on its financial responsibilities and unable to satisfy its debts. Meanwhile, its shareholders or business owners appear flush with cash. This scenario can be frustrating to a debtor. When it seems as though an individual is hiding behind the corporate structure of their company, it is understandably infuriating.
Account Recovery
APRIL 24, 2024
In most Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cases that are started in state court and then removed to federal court, it is the defendant — usually a collection operation of some kind — that is seeking to have the case heard before a federal judge. This time, it’s the other way around.
JMA
APRIL 21, 2024
Many Australian small businesses face a common challenge: recovering outstanding invoices. Chasing overdue payments can be a time-consuming and stressful burden, while the traditional debt collection process can be lengthy and yield uncertain results. This is where debt collection agencies like JMA Credit Control come in. We specialise in working with small businesses across Australia, Read more » The post Do Debt Collection Agencies Work With Small Businesses?
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