Mon.Jul 06, 2020

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Our Debt Collectors Get Compliments From Consumers

American Profit Recovery

“You were very nice…You’re definitely nice to work with. You definitely made the experience that much better. Thank you.”. “Thank you very very much, you’ve been a huge help.”. “You don’t sound like a debt collector, you are too nice”. You read the title of this article correctly. Our collectors get complimented by the consumers they are calling on each and every day.

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How to Write an Effective Credit Policy for Your Company?

Nexa Collect

Having a clear, thorough, and enforceable credit policy is critical for businesses that extend trade credit to their customers. It delineates who you’ll extend credit to, under what terms, and describes your process for collecting on delinquent accounts. It’s intended to offer guidance to your credit department when faced with difficult decisions. It also standardizes credit practices so that both your staff and your customers know what to expect when credit is extended.

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2020 Amendments to the Florida Statutes Affecting Community Associations

Jimerson Firm

web polls. Each year the Florida Legislature proposes amendments to various sections of the Florida Statutes, and some of those proposed amendments involve community association governance. Florida Governor DeSantis recently signed several proposed bills into law that took effect on July 1, 2020, and some of which address Florida’s community associations options for regulating issues involving emotional support animals, fireworks and law enforcement vehicles.

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Supreme Court bans debt collection robocalling to cellphones

Public Citizen

by Stephen Gardner. Today, the Supreme Court held that collecting government debt by robocalling cellphones didn’t deserve special First Amendment treatment. In Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc., the Court held that a 2015 amendment to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which allowed cellphone robocalls to collect federal debts (such as student loans and mortgages), gave unconstitutionally favorable treatment to federal debt collection over other types of speech.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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Supreme Court Issues Highly Anticipated First Amendment Ruling in Barr v. AAPC

TCPA

This morning, the United States Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants.

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Divided Third Circuit Panel Holds that Offers to Buy Can Qualify as “Advertisements” Under the TCPA

TCPA

A divided panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed the dismissal of TCPA claims, finding that the faxes at issue were advertisements within the meaning of the TCPA. Fischbein v. Olson Research Group, Inc., 959 F.

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Financial Mistakes Millennials Make

JMA

The largest consumer group in Australia are millennials, which make up about a quarter of the population. Their growing incomes and the desire to purchase more expensive items have made them a driving force in marketing, advertising, and sales. Yet despite being in a position to be financially independent and be able to make preparations. Read more » The post Financial Mistakes Millennials Make appeared first on JMA Credit Control.

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8 Success Tips for Debt Collection in the Pandemic

Fico Collections

Across EMEA, most countries have now moved past the peaks of the COVID-19 driven lockdowns and restrictions, but the challenges of debt collection in the pandemic remain. In Britain alone the International Monetary Fund predicted Britons will have to borrow more than £400 billion in two years as the recession caused by the pandemic delivers a blow to the public finances.

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Construction Confidence in New Business, Revenue Rattled in Second Quarter

NACM

Many construction jobs are still deemed essential during this time of economic uncertainty; however, that doesn't mean the industry is thriving. According to the latest results from the USG and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (CCI), contractors' confidence in both new business and revenue expectations saw a significant declin.

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When It Comes to Collections Software, “Good Enough” Isn’t Good Enough

Are you finding some snags in your collections process? With delinquencies, and the number of consumers looking for payment assistance on the rise, it may be time to consider an efficient cloud-based software to support your team. Learn how MeridianLink® Collect has helped financial institutions like yours streamline collections processes.

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How To Collect A Debt From A Business

Taurus Collect

An age old question, and never more important with cashflow at the top of every business’s agenda. As we tentatively come out of a lengthy lockdown period, businesses need to prioritise cash. Its a simple short term plan, but one that will help you survive. It’s clear there has never been a time like this for businesses, and many are struggling with late payment from customers, across all sectors.

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"Severability" to the Rescue Again: A Further Note on Today's Supreme Court Robocalling Decision

Public Citizen

Steve Gardner has given a great and succinct summary of todays decision in Barr v. AAPC. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act lives, minus its obnoxious exception for government debt collection robocalls. What's not to like about that bottom line? I want to make an additional point about the significance of the decision. For the second time in a week, it is the Supreme Court's application of "severability" doctrine—the practice of invalidating only the specific part of a statu

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Effort to Suppress Trump Niece's Book Shows the Need to Construe NDA's Narrowly

Public Citizen

by Paul Alan Levy. The lawsuit filed by Robert Trump against his niece, Mary Trump, seeking to block her from publishing a book that apparently has several damning facts to disclose about Robert’s brother, and Mary Trump’s uncle, our Dear Leader Donald J. Trump, is based on a non-disclosure clause that was part of the global settlement of the Trump family's litigation over the estate of Fred Trump twenty years ago.

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