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CICM creates new Professional Standards to champion and benchmark excellence in credit management

CICM

A first of its kind for the profession, the new Professional Standards establish a benchmark and help demonstrate the enormous variety of roles within credit at every level, local and global, to attract new employees into the industry and define what skills they need to succeed in an exciting, dynamic and rewarding career.

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Collector Reaches $995k Settlement in Collection Letter Lawsuit

Account Recovery

A motion has been filed in a West Virginia federal court to approve a settlement in a class action Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and West Virginia Consumer Credit Protection Act case that will see the defendant pay $995,000 after it was accused of sending letters that did not include updated language required under state … The post Collector (..)

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CSA CEO Chris Leslie gives industry current state of play speech at MALG conference

CSA

in the collections and credit management market. The impact of the pandemic on the credit/consumer eco-system has been profound, but the CSA?s The four months of consumer credit repayments recorded by the Bank of England during lockdown reflect this, but credit markets have now broadly returned to normal availabilities.

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7th Circuit Says Credit Agencies Need Not Dig Into Debt Ownership

Collection Industry News

Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Fair Credit Reporting Act does not require consumer credit agencies to further investigate when a borrower disputes a debt collector’s ownership of their debt. Attorneys for the borrowers and credit agencies did not immediately reply to requests for comment on Friday.

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6 Best Personal Finance Courses

Credit Corp

The modules include understanding personal finance, financial statements, tools, and budgets, managing income taxes, building and maintaining good credit, managing risk, investment fundamentals, investing through mutual funds, and personal plan of action. #4 4 edX’s Managing Personal Cash and Credit from the Indiana University.

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5 Best Credit Repair Companies – Updated April 2022

Better Credit Blog

Other times a tax lien may have been resolved in reality but not reported as resolved to one of the three credit reporting agencies. What can credit repair companies not do? Many people think professional help can undo any and all damage you’ve done to your consumer credit history. This isn’t true. Debt Settlements.

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4 Ways To Remove Collections From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

Midland Credit Management. National Credit Services. National Credit Systems Inc. Wilshire Consumer Credit. The post 4 Ways To Remove Collections From Your Credit Report appeared first on Better Credit Blog | Credit Help For Bad Credit. Jefferson Capital Systems. LCA Collections.