JUDGE DENIES DEFENDANT’S MSJ, PARTIALLY GRANTS PLAINTIFF’S MOTION IN FDCPA CASE
- A District Court judge in California has partially granted a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment while denying a defendant’s motion in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that the defendant violated its discovery obligations by not providing documentation to prove the current creditor owned the debt in question and had a right to collect on it.
COLLECTOR FACING CLASS ACTION FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT INCLUDING VALIDATION INFORMATION IN NOTICE
- A class-action complaint has been filed against a collection agency in federal court in South Carolina, accusing it of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Regulation F because it allegedly sent an initial collection notice that did not contain any of the required validation information. This content is sponsored by WebRecon.
PANEL DISCUSSES HOW BLOCKCHAIN COULD IMPROVE DEBT COLLECTION PROCESS
- ORLANDO — Could blockchain be coming to the accounts receivable management industry? A panel of speakers presenting at ACA International’s annual convention here yesterday laid out a series of scenarios in which the technology could be applied to debt collection process, with some surprising benefits.
ROBOCALL NUMBERS DECLINING, BUT ROBOTEXT VOLUME EXPLODING: REPORT
- The number of scam robocalls has dropped by nearly 50% in the past year, but the number of scam text messages has increased by a factor of 12 in the same timeframe, according to a report released this week by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. As well, about 80% of consumers are choosing not to answer phone calls from unknown numbers, which, for companies in the accounts receivable management industry, further demonstrates the importance of using proper caller ID when making calls to consumers.
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