Collection Industry News

DECEMBER 4, 2022

If you’re contacted by a credit collection agency, regardless of whether or not it sounds legitimate, you should request a debt validation letter, McClary said. The letter will require the debt collector to prove they’re legally collecting the balances owed, he said. “If These five steps can help prevent that scenario.

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Better Credit Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Has your credit score taken a dive due to debt in collections? When a collections agency like Accelerated Financial Solutions gets access to your debt, it can drop your score and make your day-to-day life more stressful. AFS collects for businesses in several industries, including the following: Commercial debt.

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Credit Corp

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

.” That means the lender doesn’t believe it has a good chance of collecting the debt and it’s not worth continuing to use internal resources to do so. Common actions taken by lenders at this point include selling the debt to a collections agency or contracting with a collection agency to collect the debt for them.

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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.

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Re:Ceeve

JULY 21, 2020

When discussing a brand in the debt collections space, you will most likely speak of a debt collections agency (“DCA” for short). Those days are long gone and so too should be the process of outsourcing collections. They will remain a relevant part of the process once it comes to legal collections and the hardest cases.

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Better Credit Blog

JANUARY 27, 2021

To legally collect a debt from you, they must first report the debt to the major credit bureaus. This will open a collection account on your credit report, which can cause your score to drop as much as 100 points. Founded in 1925, BC Services is a small debt collection agency headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO.

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Better Credit Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

If you have had an overdue bill move to collections, you may begin hearing from a company called ACS Inc. ACS Inc is a collection agency that works with lenders and creditors to recover payments on defaulted loans or unpaid bills. They use every trick in the book, including incessant phone calls and strongly worded letters.

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Credit Corp

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

And perhaps you know you owe a debt, but it’s been passed around between collection agencies so many times you’ve forgotten who currently owns the debt. Here’s how to find out which collection agency you owe or uncover debts you don’t know about. Check Your Credit Reports. Voicemail can back up just like snail mail.

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