Collection Recon

Columbia Ultimate Welcomes Sidney T. Fingerhut As Vice President of Business Development

Posted on 07. Mar, 2012 by Collections Recon.

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VANCOUVER, Wash. Mar. 6, 2012— Columbia Ultimate, an expert in technology and integrated solutions for the collection industry, recently named Sidney (Sid) T. Fingerhut as vice president of business development. In this role Fingerhut will be responsible for overseeing the company’s significant growth initiatives, helping to build strategic alliances, and researching and developing a variety of new markets with a focus on healthcare, utilities, and other emerging opportunities.

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POM Recoveries Launches New Website

Posted on 06. Mar, 2012 by Collections Recon.

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March 6, 2012 (Lindenhurst, NY): POM Recoveries, Inc. (POM), has announced it has launched its new company website at www.pomr.com. With this launch, POM also introduces its new company logo. The new website highlights POM’s new look and its boutique approach to providing third-party billing and follow up, early-out programs, and collection and litigation services. In the short time since the site was launched, POM has already seen positive responses from potential clients. Consumers have their own suite of tools on the site they can use to interact with the company.

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Collections call tips woman to identity theft

Posted on 13. Feb, 2012 by Collections Recon.

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A 20-year-old Athens woman realized her identity had been stolen after a collection agency called about a $5,281 debt owed to JPMorgan Chase, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.

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Winnebago County court fine collections cause claims of déjà vu

Posted on 13. Feb, 2012 by Collections Recon.

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A new collection agency has reclaimed $287,011 in unpaid Winnebago County court fines in less than two months, but many people say they’re being targeted for penalties they’ve already paid.

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The OSC is clearly no collection agency

Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by Collections Recon.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.