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Subscriber Count: Building Law Firm Subscriptions Is Not Easy, But It's Worthwhile

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

With respect to adding value, your law firm could offer your subscribers monthly audit meetings, a special text line, faster turnaround times, document libraries, and more. On top of that, you could offer hourly billing options for additional projects, if required , in any given month, potentially at a discounted rate.

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Why SaaS Companies Need Debt Collection Services

Enterprise Recovery

APRIL 21, 2023

Businesses selling software-as-a-service (SaaS), or anything else "as-a-service," rely on monthly or annual fees from subscribers. If those subscribers fail to meet their obligations, their accounts can be sent to collections for recourse. A typical services contract requires a retainer or ongoing payments.

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Southern District of New York Denies Motion to Dismiss Because Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleged That He Was a “Residential Subscriber”

TCPA

MAY 2, 2022

The TCPA’s Do Not Call (DNC) regulations prohibit telephone solicitations to “residential telephone subscriber[s]” who have “registered [their] telephone number on the national do-not-call registry.” See 47 C.F.R. 64.1200(c)(2). However, as we noted in a recent post, several district … Continue reading →

District Court Finds Calls to Cell Phones Do not Violate the TCPA’s Prohibition Against Telephone Solicitations to Residential Telephone Subscribers

Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 12, 2021

Priest Johnson finding that calls placed to a cellular telephone do not qualify as calls to a residential telephone subscriber for purposes of § 227(c) of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). See Cunningham v. Britereal Mgmt., 4:20-cv-144-SDJ-KPJ, (E.D. 47 U.S.C. § 47 CFR § 64.1200(d).

FCC Sets Date For Reporting Disconnect Data for Reassigned Number Database

Account Recovery

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The Federal Communications Commission yesterday announced that voice service providers must start reporting permanent disconnections of their subscribers starting on April 15 in the next step of the rollout of its reassigned numbers database.

Retail

Maine Enacts Anti-Robocall Law

Account Recovery

JUNE 24, 2021

The governor of Maine has signed a bill into law that will require telephone companies that offer services aimed at reducing the number of robocalls received by their subscribers to do so “at a reasonably affordable cost” in an attempt to reduce the number of robocalls received by residents of the state.

New TCPA Rules: Revoking Consent to Robocalls and Robotexts

Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The FCC also requested comment on whether the TCPA applies to robocalls and robotexts from wireless providers to their own subscribers.

How to Collect from Non-Paying SaaS Customers

Enterprise Recovery

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Subscribers to software-as-a-service are auto-billed or auto-renewed regularly, funding any updates to the product and keeping cash flowing. Setting up any sort of retainer or regular payments seems to be a great business model. The challenges arise with missed payments or non-paying customers.

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Xero Accounting: 5 Things to Know

Nerd Wallet

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Founded in 2006, it’s now a widely used accounting application with more than 2 million subscribers. The New Zealand-based company stands out from the competition by allowing subscribers to add unlimited users to their. Kurt Woock writes for NerdWallet. Email: wpguestuser+kurtwoock@nerdwallet.com.

Court denies class certification where question of who is a residential subscriber would predominate litigation

TCPA

AUGUST 5, 2021

A court in the District of Oregon recently granted a defense motion to deny class certification, largely because the issue of whether the putative class representative’s phone number was “residential”—a prerequisite to TCPA protection—would predominate the litigation. In Mattson v. … Continue reading →

“The Number You Have Dialed Has Changed Subscriber” or the Advent of the Reassigned Numbers Database

TCPA

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

After years of discussion and planning, the FCC’s Reassigned Numbers Database opened for commercial use on November 1, 2021. Now business callers can register for a paid subscription with the FCC’s designated Administrator, SomosGov, to query both the connection and … Continue reading →

Between Hitting “Send” and Reaching the Inbox: The (Hidden) Anatomy of Email

True Accord

AUGUST 15, 2023

ESPs : Email service providers (ESPs) are a service that enables businesses to send emails and email campaigns to a list of subscribers. Although ISPs can provide email services, separate ESPs are often used for business email operations—but ISPs play a major role in email delivery and landing in the recipient’s inbox.

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Year in Review and a Look Ahead: Unraveling the Threads of Class Action Litigation

Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

And to make sure you don’t miss another episode of this podcast, please click subscribe. To download a copy of the Consumer Financial Services Year in Review and a Look Ahead , please click here. For a list of our upcoming webinars, visit our Troutman Pepper Insights page.

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Subscriptions Are Coming to Travel, Should You Get On Board?

Nerd Wallet

APRIL 27, 2022

There are even services that help subscribers cancel all their subscriptions. Subscriptions have seeped into nearly every consumer industry, from TV to tacos. But one industry has notably lagged: travel. That could be changing.

Year in Review and a Look Ahead: Fintech Developments

Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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Year in Review and a Look Ahead: The Evolving Landscape of Background Screening and Credit Reporting

Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

And to make sure you don’t miss another episode of this podcast, please click subscribe. To download a copy of the Consumer Financial Services Year in Review and a Look Ahead , please click here. For a list of our upcoming webinars, visit our Troutman Pepper Insights page.

Financial services

Year in Review and a Look Ahead: The Evolving Landscape of Background Screening and Credit Reporting

Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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Financial services

2023 Year in Review and a Look Ahead

Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

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Compelling Arbitration: The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses and Remands a District Court Holding Denying Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration in an FCRA Case

Troutman Sanders

APRIL 16, 2021

In that case, the plaintiff obtained services from the defendant in 2016, and signed a subscriber agreement with an arbitration provision stating that “[a]ny dispute involving [the customer] and Comcast shall be resolved through individual arbitration.”

Construction

Year in Review and a Look Ahead: Navigating the Debt Collection Landscape

Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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FCC Proposes New Rules for Revocation under the TCPA

Troutman Sanders

JULY 11, 2023

Wireless Subscribers May Be Able to Revoke Consent to Receive Notices From Their Provider A prior Commission ruling provided that wireless carriers did not need to obtain prior express consent to send messages to their subscribers if the subscribers are not charged.

Financial services

It’s OK to Sit Out Black Friday This Year

Nerd Wallet

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

They transmit this message in loud TV commercials, targeted social media ads and promotional emails you don’t remember subscribing to. It’s that time of year when retailers seem to join forces to plant a message in shoppers’ minds: “Buy Stuff on Black Friday, or You Are a Fool.” But you are no fool. Laura McMullen writes for NerdWallet.

Retail

Texas District Court Joins the Third, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, Permitting a Private Right of Action for Violation of Section 64.1200(d)

TCPA

AUGUST 8, 2022

64.1200(d), which prohibits certain telemarketing communications to “residential telephone subscriber[s]” … Continue reading → One Technologies, LLC, joined its sister courts and the Third, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal to hold that 47 C.F.R.

11th Cir Holds FCRA Claim Is Subject To Arbitration Provision

Collection Industry News

APRIL 12, 2021

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC , the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a FCRA claim arising nearly a year after the termination of a subscriber agreement was subject to the arbitration provision included in the terminated subscriber agreement. Comcast moved to compel arbitration under the 2016 Subscriber Agreement.

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Autorenewals

Troutman Sanders

MARCH 21, 2023

Listen and subscribe here. Our panel examines state and federal laws pertaining to negative option offers, including Section 5 of the FTC Act; recent actions by state attorneys general on autorenewal and cancellation policies; and how companies can ensure compliance with relevant requirements.

CFPB’s Larger Participant Rule for Consumer Payments

Troutman Sanders

JULY 6, 2023

Transcript: CFPB’s Larger Participant Rule for Consumer Payments (PDF) We also invite you to listen and subscribe to our new podcast, Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast for insights into the legal and regulatory issues facing companies in the payments industry. Click here to listen !

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California Federal Court Denies Class Certification for Inadequate Plaintiff

Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 10, 2023

The plaintiff, therefore, must prove she is a residential NDNC registry subscriber to maintain her TCPA claim. Specifically, the NDNC Registry only applies to residential calls, not calls made to businesses.

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Who is PDCflow? Meet Ruth-Ann Bailey

PDC Flow

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Subscribe to the PDCflow blog for helpful videos, articles, webinars and more. Subscribe To the PDCflow Blog. We’re all searching for something to set us on fire, so I’m happy I was lucky enough to find my passion so early. Want to know more about PDCflow Software?

FTC Says D&B Engaged in Deceptive and Unfair Practices

Collection Industry News

JANUARY 24, 2022

While D&B’s salespeople pitched CreditBuilder by promising businesses that the product would make it easy for them to add payment history information to their credit reports, thousands of CreditBuilder subscribers could not get any such information added to their reports at all. Get consumer advice at consumer.ftc.gov. 877-382-4357.

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Telemarketer Fees to Access the FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry Will Have $3 Increase in 2022

Collection Industry News

AUGUST 30, 2021

Telemarketers must subscribe each year for access to the Registry numbers. For the latest news and resources, follow the FTC on social media, subscribe to press releases and read our blogs. The cost of accessing a single area code in the registry will be $69 in FY 2022, which is an increase of $3 from FY 2021.

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New report on scam robocalls

Public Citizen

JUNE 2, 2022

telephone subscribers, the causes of the problem, and suggested resolutions to the problem. National Consumer Law Center and the Electronic Privacy and Information Center released a report describing the problem that 1 billion monthly scam robocalls create for U.S.

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PDCflow COO Ed Bills featured in Podcast “Credit Eco to go”

PDC Flow

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

For more AR news and industry information, subscribe to the PDCflow blog. Subscribe to the PDCflow blog: Share this post! Empowering consumers to control personal information through new payment technologies. Preventing fraud and providing security. – ABOUT THE AUTHOR – Hannah Huerta , Marketing Specialist.

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5 Ways Customer Success Directly Improves Cash Flow

Nexa Collect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

With SaaS, instead of buying a software license and hosting an application on-premises, a software customer subscribes to a cloud-based service. SaaS vendors rely on continued business from subscribers. Customer Success programs for these businesses aim to reduce customer churn, the rate at which customers cancel.

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FICO a Finalist in Car Finance Awards for Work with Volvo

Fico Collections

AUGUST 5, 2021

For a fixed monthly fee, Volvo provides subscribers with a brand-new Volvo and covers all regular service, maintenance costs and breakdown cover. Used for both consumer and business subscribers, the cloud-hosted platform approves most applications in real-time, with credit checks lasting just seconds.

Acquisition

Coffee Conversation with Coface | Credit risk management in a “zombie economy”

On Guard

MARCH 8, 2021

For more videos, visit and subscribe to the Onguard youtube page. Pour yourself a nice cuppa and let our guests inspire you with their visions on order-to-cash, credit management, the financial industry, and the future of business.

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Hunstein Decision: Collection and Consumer Attorneys Weigh In

PDC Flow

MAY 13, 2021

For more accounts receivable content and news to help you win business, increase efficiency, and take more payments, subscribe to the PDCflow blog. Subscribe: Share this post! Advice for collectors: what may or may not be useful for debt collection agencies in regards to future litigation. ABOUT THE AUTHOR -.

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“Burr & Forman Grows Hilton Head Office With Atty Pair,” Law360

Burr Forman

OCTOBER 19, 2021

To read the full article, subscribers may click here. Pruehs also discussed his practice in Hilton Head’s thriving real estate market, where he represents a variety of clients, including Fortune 500 companies and hospitality companies in the popular tourist island.

All About National Financial Awareness Day

Credit Corp

AUGUST 13, 2021

For a more in-depth breakdown of your credit, subscribe to ExtraCredit instead. If you’re ready to change your finances for the better, why not subscribe to ExtraCredit ? Challenge any information you don’t recognize straight away. For a quick overview of your credit, plus your Experian VantageScore 3.0, Sign up for ExtraCredit today!

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Jim Hoover Discusses Employment Issues for Providers Giving Staff Medical Advice for Part B News

Burr Forman

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Alternatively, Part B News subscribers may access the article here. “The medical record is the provider’s business record that memorializes what happened – even if, you know, nothing happened,” Hoover said. For the full article, you may access a PDF here.

PDCflow Celebrates 18 Years of Growth, Change, and Serving Customers

PDC Flow

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Subscribe to the PDCflow blog for AR content and news to help you win business, increase efficiency, and take more payments. Subscribe to the PDCflow Blog. We also provide middleware integration and work with several other software platforms, for those who want an integration with their ARM software. Share this post!

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Coffee Conversation with Credit Assist | Mitigate risk with real-time credit information

On Guard

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

For more videos, visit and subscribe to the Onguard youtube page. Pour yourself a nice cuppa and let our guests inspire you with their visions on order-to-cash, credit management, the financial industry, and the future of business.

Credit Management

New Data: How COVID-19 Is Impacting the UK Credit Card Market

Fico Collections

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

These card performance figures are part of the data shared with subscribers of the FICO® Benchmark Reporting Service. Issuers wishing to subscribe to this service can contact me at staceywest@fico.com. by Stacey West.

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TV production sector sees sharp rise in Business Insolvency

UK debt collections

AUGUST 30, 2022

The situation likely to worsen as Netflix and Amazon Prime lose subscribers. The rise in insolvencies marks a sharp turnaround for the industry, as streaming services have begun to cut shows a year after a record £5.64bn spend on British film and TV in 2021, up from £4bn in 2020.

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Top Financial Services Podcasts for AR and Consumer Finances

PDC Flow

JANUARY 26, 2021

If you enjoy this list of podcasts and would like more industry insight, timely news and practical business advice, join the more than 1,000 professionals that already follow us, and subscribe to the PDCflow blog. Subscribe to the PDCflow blog. Share this post! – ABOUT THE AUTHOR – Hannah Huerta , Marketing Specialist.

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Subscriber Count: Building Law Firm Subscriptions Is Not Easy, But It's Worthwhile

Why SaaS Companies Need Debt Collection Services

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Southern District of New York Denies Motion to Dismiss Because Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleged That He Was a “Residential Subscriber”

District Court Finds Calls to Cell Phones Do not Violate the TCPA’s Prohibition Against Telephone Solicitations to Residential Telephone Subscribers

FCC Sets Date For Reporting Disconnect Data for Reassigned Number Database

Maine Enacts Anti-Robocall Law

New TCPA Rules: Revoking Consent to Robocalls and Robotexts

How to Collect from Non-Paying SaaS Customers

Xero Accounting: 5 Things to Know

Court denies class certification where question of who is a residential subscriber would predominate litigation

“The Number You Have Dialed Has Changed Subscriber” or the Advent of the Reassigned Numbers Database

Between Hitting “Send” and Reaching the Inbox: The (Hidden) Anatomy of Email

Year in Review and a Look Ahead: Unraveling the Threads of Class Action Litigation

Subscriptions Are Coming to Travel, Should You Get On Board?

Year in Review and a Look Ahead: Fintech Developments

Year in Review and a Look Ahead: The Evolving Landscape of Background Screening and Credit Reporting

Year in Review and a Look Ahead: The Evolving Landscape of Background Screening and Credit Reporting

2023 Year in Review and a Look Ahead

Compelling Arbitration: The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses and Remands a District Court Holding Denying Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration in an FCRA Case

Year in Review and a Look Ahead: Navigating the Debt Collection Landscape

FCC Proposes New Rules for Revocation under the TCPA

It’s OK to Sit Out Black Friday This Year

Texas District Court Joins the Third, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, Permitting a Private Right of Action for Violation of Section 64.1200(d)

11th Cir Holds FCRA Claim Is Subject To Arbitration Provision

Autorenewals

CFPB’s Larger Participant Rule for Consumer Payments

California Federal Court Denies Class Certification for Inadequate Plaintiff

Who is PDCflow? Meet Ruth-Ann Bailey

FTC Says D&B Engaged in Deceptive and Unfair Practices

Telemarketer Fees to Access the FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry Will Have $3 Increase in 2022

New report on scam robocalls

PDCflow COO Ed Bills featured in Podcast “Credit Eco to go”

5 Ways Customer Success Directly Improves Cash Flow

FICO a Finalist in Car Finance Awards for Work with Volvo

Coffee Conversation with Coface | Credit risk management in a “zombie economy”

Hunstein Decision: Collection and Consumer Attorneys Weigh In

“Burr & Forman Grows Hilton Head Office With Atty Pair,” Law360

All About National Financial Awareness Day

Jim Hoover Discusses Employment Issues for Providers Giving Staff Medical Advice for Part B News

PDCflow Celebrates 18 Years of Growth, Change, and Serving Customers

Coffee Conversation with Credit Assist | Mitigate risk with real-time credit information

New Data: How COVID-19 Is Impacting the UK Credit Card Market

TV production sector sees sharp rise in Business Insolvency

Top Financial Services Podcasts for AR and Consumer Finances

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