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What Is a Debt Collector and Why Are They Contacting Me?

Taurus Collect

A debt collector might sound like a character from a Charles Dickens novel, but if you’ve been contacted by one, you know they’re very much a reality of modern financial life. So, what exactly is a debt collector? What Is a Debt Collector?

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Best Practice Guide: Collaborating with law firms effectively across the portfolio management lifecycle

Qualco

Collaboration with law firms and Debt Collection Agencies (DCAs) is an integral part of modern collections and recoveries practices. Not only at the stage of the legal action where the involvement of legal professionals is necessary, but also at the earlier, amicable collections stages.

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Digital Debt Collection and Early Collections

Fico Collections

In a recent McKinsey paper , the authors stress that digital debt collection helps to both substantially reduce operational costs and dramatically increase resolution rates. It is not surprising that several leading lenders, telcos, utilities and debt collection agencies are defining digital communications as their new normal.