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Debtor Education Course After Filing for Bankruptcy

Sawin & Shea

Since 2005, a debtor education course from an approved provider is mandatory for anyone who files for bankruptcy. Debtor education classes provide customized guidance based on your unique circumstances. Since then, bankruptcy filers have been required to take both a bankruptcy credit counseling course and a debtor education course.

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Debt Collection Approaches for the COVID-19 Recovery

Fico Collections

So how should debt collection operate during the COVID-19 recovery? Mortgages, food, medical and education bills may take priority over credit card payments for some segments. Lenders may opt to enhance their customer assistance and collections capabilities. Digital-First Collections. Payment Priority Switches.

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How To Remove Fairway Collections From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

Are collections accounts weighing heavily on your credit report? If you’ve fallen behind on any of your accounts, you could find Fairway Collections on your credit report. As long as the collections entry stays on your report, it’s hurting your score. About Fairway Collections. Self-pay collections.

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How To Remove FCO Collections From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

If you’ve received calls or letters from FCO Collections or noticed the name on your credit report, you probably have questions. Collections agencies like FCO may show up on your report when you forget to pay a bill or fall behind on your payments. About FCO Collections. Fair Collections & Outsourcing Inc.

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How To Remove BGE Collections From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

Is BGE Collections lowering your credit score? BGE Collections is a debt collection agency. If you fell behind on power payments from Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, their collections department could contact you. Read on for our guide to getting BGE Collections out of your life and off your credit report.

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Top 5 Debt Collection and Recovery Posts of 2021

Fico Collections

2021 saw debt collection and recovery professionals grappling with new regulations while they developed better ways to monitor and handle vulnerable customers during the pandemic. Collection strategies and apportioning of related costs are therefore concentrated on the appropriate customer level cases.

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DEBT COLLECTION INDUSTRY DEEMS ITSELF ESSENTIAL TO “FINANCIAL HEALTH” OF CONSUMERS, FIGHTS COVID-19 SHUTDOWN

Collection Industry News

DEBT COLLECTORS, facing growing demands to freeze the collection of debt across the country amid the economic hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic, are mobilizing their lobbyists to push back. In New York, residents are receiving a 30-day reprieve from the collection of state-owned medical and student debt.