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Digital Operations Impact on Debt Collection, from Team Structure to ROI

PDC Flow

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. At Cedar, many different departments work together to keep things running.

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How Often Do Debt Collection Agencies Take You To Court? 5 Things to Know

Taurus Collect

Thus, debt collection agencies are commonly utilised to ensure that funds due back to businesses don’t go unpaid. But how often do debt collection agencies take their clients’ customers to court? But did you know that these agencies often try to resolve your debt before resorting to legal action?

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Recommendations for Debt Collectors Working from Home

Nexa Collect

You should discuss these points with the compliance superior of your collection agency. Since collection agencies fall under GLBA laws, they are subjected to the same strict laws as large financial institutions like banks. In the United States, for example, debt collectors must adhere to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

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How to Find All Your Debts: 4 Tips

Credit Corp

Whether mail went missing or communication about medical debt got mixed up, it’s possible an account with your name on it is languishing somewhere in collections. Get some tips to find out all your debts so you can make educated decisions about how to clean up your credit history. How to Find All Your Debts.

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FTC Cracks Down On Corrupt Debt Collectors

Collection Industry News

In a coordinated effort in 2015 called Operation Collection Protection, the FTC and more than 70 law enforcement partners took 115 actions against deceptive and abusive debt collection practices. In the FTC cases, the defendants made calls to collect debts they couldn’t legally collect or the victims didn’t owe.

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CFPB Settles with Encore for $15MM Civil Penalties and $78K Monetary Relief

Collection Industry News

The 2015 consent order required Encore and its subsidiaries, prior to filing collection litigation, to provide consumers with a disclosure that the companies would provide original account-level documentation at no cost to the consumer within 30 days of a request. The complaint alleged that the defendants failed to do both of these.