Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The session will feature a discussion of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s debt collection rule, the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act, medical debt collection, debt buying, consumer privacy and data security, the State Examination System and the use of technology to improve operations and compliance.

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Collection Industry News

MAY 3, 2021

The seven-member committee will provide critical feedback to the DFPI as it creates its debt collection licensing program. The diverse group includes a consumer advocate and representatives from the debt collection, debt buying, third-party collection, and collection law industries, according to a news release from the DFPI.

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Collection Industry News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against a medical debt collector, Commonwealth Financial Systems, for illegally trying to collect unverified medical debts after consumers disputed the validity of the debts. Accordingly, the CFPB has taken numerous actions on the issue of medical debt.

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

It was a great time to be a debt collector. In August, Encore Capital, the largest debt buyer in the country, announced that it had doubled its previous record for earnings in a quarter. Finding themselves with enough money to settle old debts, people responded to collectors’ calls and letters.

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