Fri.May 19, 2023

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How Automation Helps with Cash Flow

Enterprise Recovery

With the "unprecedented" events of the past few years, businesses are looking to become more efficient in all areas of their organizations. An area that is often overlooked due to its manual processes is accounts receivable. Even though payments by check have declined since 2019, thirty percent of B2B clients are still writing checks and sending them in the mail.

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Judge Denies MTD in FDCPA Class Over Eviction Action

Account Recovery

A District Court judge in Minnesota has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action, ruling that eviction proceedings are subject to the FDCPA and that the “competent attorney” standard does not apply to communications received before the plaintiff retained a lawyer.

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Who is Calling You From 855-451-6753? You May Be Surprised

Debt Collection Answers

When I tell you who is calling you from 855-451-6753, please don’t just click back and be done with it as you have many options. So, who’s calling? It’s Upstart’s servicing department ( source ) as your debt may be behind. If you CANNOT pay, we will discuss what can happen. If you can pay, you make a payment here. Check what may happen with your debt.

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Use of ‘Knowingly’ False Collection Letter Precludes Company From Coverage

Account Recovery

A District Court judge in Colorado has ruled that an insurance company does not have to cover customers that were found liable for using a faulty debt collection letter, because of a provision in the agreement that excluded coverage in the event that material was published with a “knowledge of falsity.

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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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Florida Appeals Court Finds Lack of Standing in State Court TCPA Case

TCPA

Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal recently reversed class certification and directed dismissal, holding that the plaintiff had failed to establish any concrete harm from an alleged violation of the TCPA and thereby lacked standing. Pet Supermarket, Inc. v.

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Prosper Extends Credit to 200K Near-Prime Clients with FICO Scores

Fico Collections

Home Blog Feed test Prosper Extends Credit to 200K Near-Prime Clients with FICO Scores Pioneer of peer-to-peer lending marketplace in the United States wins FICO ® Decisions Award for Financial Inclusion Fri, 05/12/2023 - 03:41 Saxon Shirley by Nikhil Behl Chief Marketing Officer expand_less Back to top Fri, 05/19/2023 - 12:00 Prosper's New Card a Hit with FICO's Credit Knowhow Prosper , the first peer-to-peer lending marketplace in the United States, has used FICO® Scores for its new Prosper® C

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Daily Digest – May 19. Collector Sued for Not Including SOL Disclosure in Texts; Judge Denies MTD in FDCPA Class Action

Account Recovery

COLLECTOR SUED FOR NOT INCLUDING SOL DISCLOSURE IN TEXTS One of the challenges when it comes to communicating with consumers via text messages about unpaid debts are the character limits. In the course of our normal day, we use slang, emojis, and text-ese (think u instead of you) to communicate efficiently and effectively.

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Americans’ debt surpasses $17 trillion for the first time

Collection Industry News

Americans’ debt levels continue to climb to new heights at a time when economic conditions are becoming increasingly less stable. Household debt balances set a fresh record high of $17.05 trillion during the first quarter, growing $148 billion or 0.9% from the fourth quarter of last year, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Monday. That debt load has spiked by $2.9 trillion since the end of 2019.

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Collector Sued for Not Including SOL Disclosure in Texts

Account Recovery

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is part of a series that is sponsored by WebRecon. WebRecon identifies serial plaintiffs lurking in your database BEFORE you contact them and expose yourself to a likely lawsuit. Protect your company from as many as one in three new consumer lawsuits by scrubbing your consumers through WebRecon first. Want to learn more?

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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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Protect Your Lien Rights in Texas

NACM

Lien rights grant legal authority for contractors, subcontractors and suppliers to file a mechanic's lien against the owner's property or, in the case of a government project, the right to make a bond claim. It is also a security to force payment. But statutory changes like with Texas' recent property code make it harder to protect those lien right.

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Listen: Risk Management Skills for Supplier Vetting

NACM

? Supplier vetting falls under the ever-expanding list of credit department responsibilities. Credit professionals can use their risk management skills on the other side of business to protect their company from faulty suppliers.⭐ On today's episode of the Extra Credit #podcast, hear from Kevin Chandler; Shaun Papperman, CCE, CICP, CCRA; and.

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