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41 State AGs Reach Settlement With Breached Collection Agency

Account Recovery

Attorneys general from 41 states have reached a settlement with Retrieval-Masters Credit Bureau, which operated a collection agency under the name of American Medical Collection Agency, stemming from a data breach in 2019 that exposed the personal information of more than 7 million individuals.

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Understanding Why You Have So Many Different Credit Scores

Titan Consulting

However, if you follow your credit score from multiple sources, you will quickly realize that you have more than one score. Here’s why: Who Decides Your Credit Score? Private companies use data retrieved from credit reports, combined with public records, to predict your risk to lenders in the form of a credit score.

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Healthcare Providers Sued for Sending Confidential Medical Info to Collection Agencies

Account Recovery

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a pair of healthcare providers, alleging they violated state law in California by sending confidential medical information to a third-party collection agency, which was subsequently publicized as a result of a data breach.

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Bank Ecosystems: The Role of Data Ingestion

Fico Collections

The challenge will be the fact that the data will be retrieved from several different internal and external sources and will be in completely different formats: Source: FICO. In order to achieve this, at the time of application, all types of data will need to be accessible in real time.

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