Tag Archives: collection
The OSC is clearly no collection agency
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by Collections Recon.
A second look at the numbers suggests the regulator takes in even less in fines than it appears
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Atradius Collections’ Collect@Net 3.0 Goes Live Today
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by Collections Recon.
Atradius Collections, the global expert in domestic and international debt collections, releases the third version of Collect@Net, the leading online debt collections management and communication system.
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Credit Managers Index Ends the Year Up Slightly
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by Collections Recon.
After a year of both positive and negative month-to-month changes, the Credit Managers Index (CMI) inched up to 54.4 in December, its highest level since May. (Numbers higher than 50 indicate expansion; numbers below 50 indicate contraction.)
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Texas Attorney General Charges Houston Debt Collection Firm with Deceiving Consumers
Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 by Collections Recon.
AUSTIN Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged a third-party Houston debt collection firm with violating the Texas Finance Code.
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Missouri Supreme Court Declines to Hear Attorney General’s Appeal of Lawsuit Against Portfolio Recovery Associates
Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 by Collections Recon.
NORFOLK, VA–(Marketwire -12/12/11)- Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA – News), a specialized financial and business services company and market leader in the consumer debt purchase and collection industry, announced that on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, the Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear the Missouri Attorney General’s appeal of the earlier decision of the Missouri Court of Appeals in the case of State of Missouri v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. et al.
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Unpaid traffic tickets could hurt your credit score
Posted on 06. Nov, 2011 by Collections Recon.
Would another $680 million help out cash-strapped New York City? How about $58 million more for Milwaukee, or $30 million for Detroit?
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Official Notice of Proposed Amendments to ACA Bylaws and Standard Operating Procedures
Posted on 20. Oct, 2011 by Collections Recon.
Over the past year, ACA International has embarked on a journey to modernize our international trade association’s governance structure.
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Turkey Debt Collection Agencies Take 5 Million Loans, Aksam Says
Posted on 19. Oct, 2011 by Collections Recon.
Out of 6.6 billion liras ($3.5 billion) in non-performing loans sold to collection agencies, 52 percent were personal and credit-card loans and 48 percent commercial loans, the Istanbul- based newspaper said, citing Hasan Tengiz, general manager of Girisim Varlik Yonetim AS, a debt collection agency.
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Portfolio Recovery Associates to Announce Third Quarter 2011 Results on October 27, 2011
Posted on 19. Oct, 2011 by Collections Recon.
NORFOLK, VA–(Marketwire – Oct 17, 2011) – Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a specialized financial services company and market leader in the consumer debt purchase and collection industry, will announce its third quarter 2011 results on October 27, 2011.
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New Collection Attorney Certification Board Getting Industry Attention
Posted on 17. Oct, 2011 by Collections Recon.
Chicago, IL, October 14, 2011 –(PR.com)– Founded to help collection attorneys and their collection staff meet the competition associated with Creditors’ Rights and Collection Law along with the other challenges of a rapidly changing economy, a group of professionals with decades of experience in the collection industry have formed a new organization that has the credit industry talking about the future!








