Mon.Jun 22, 2020

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Do You Have SMART Goals for Your Debt?

Debt Guru

We talk a lot about credit card debt because it’s so pervasive in our society. In fact, the Federal Reserve estimates that the average American household carries $5,700 in credit card debt. And their prognosis is worse for those who can’t pay off their balances in full each month – those borrowers shoulder an average outstanding credit card debt of $9,333.

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7 out of 10 Businesses negatively affected by Coronavirus

UK debt collections

Businesses are facing significant difficulties in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and are pessimistic about their growth once the crisis passes, according to a survey commissioned by UK Finance and undertaken by BVA BDRC. The research finds that the COVID-19 crisis has negatively impacted 69 per cent of businesses, with three out of five (60 per cent) not expecting to return to growth in the near future, and only 23 per cent predicting an expansion of their business.

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Achieving Work-Life Balance During COVID-19 & Beyond

Arbeit Software

COVID-19 has caused many of us to experience a wide range of negative emotions that can affect our work-life balance. In our discussion with Mary Shores we learn about the emotional impacts of the pandemic, how these feelings influence our thoughts and attitudes about work-life balance, and what the path to achieving work-life integration and balance looks like.

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New York Companies Allegedly Threaten Customers with Legal Action, Violence to Get Loans Paid

NACM

Working hard to collect payments from customers is challenging, but credit professionals know it's important remain exactly that: professional. However, not everyone follows the rules as was the case with three companies and their owners and managers who allegedly "cheated small businesses in New York and across the country out of millions of dolla.

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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.