Collection Recon

Debt collection leads Utah complaints

Posted on 12. Mar, 2012 by Collections Recon.

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Residents of the Harrison Regent nursing home who were deluged with fraudulent phone calls about Social Security two weeks ago will probably not be happy that their scam is only the fifth-most popular in Utah last year.

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Can Debt Collectors Contact You via Social Media?

Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by Collections Recon.

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The Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) was designed to protect consumers against abusive practices by the debt collections industry. But when FDCPA took effect in 1978, few people could have anticipated how Facebook and Twitter would infiltrate our daily lives. In recent years, a handful of lawsuits by consumers who were allegedly contacted by collectors through social media have brought the issue to light.

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Maverick Debt Collector’s Pledge: “No More Lawsuits”

Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by Collections Recon.

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“The world of debt collection will never be the same,” says Bill Bartmann, CEO and founder of America’s most consumer-friendly collection agency, CFS II.

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Top Secrets for Commercial Debt Collection – Revealed

Posted on 03. Jan, 2012 by Collections Recon.

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Are you a start-up and facing the problem of commercial debt?

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With more and more Idahoans in debt, collection agencies are finding new work-arounds

Posted on 18. Dec, 2011 by Collections Recon.

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Collection agencies are in a pickle. There’s a wealth of collection business to be had at a time when people can’t or won’t pay their bills. But squeezing money from them is also harder than before.

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Maryland is Changing the Rules for Debt Collectors

Posted on 22. Nov, 2011 by Collections Recon.

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In the fall of 2007, Kevin Zurrin and his wife, Jennifer Levy, were shocked to learn that they were being dunned for almost $20,000. A writ of property garnishment had been filed in the city’s Circuit Court, and a law firm was coming after them.

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Madigan pushing to limit debt collectors’ use of arrest warrants

Posted on 22. Nov, 2011 by Collections Recon.

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The top state law-enforcement official in Illinois said she plans to fight the use of arrest warrants by debt collectors pursuing money they are owed on credit cards, auto loans and other bills.

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Nexidia Ensures Collections Agencies Comply with New Consumer Protection Regulations

Posted on 10. Nov, 2011 by Collections Recon.

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ATLANTA, Nov 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Nexidia, a leading provider of customer interaction analytics solutions for business transformation, today announced an upcoming webinar demonstrating how debt collectors can analyze all of their recorded phone interactions in order to meet the rigorous requirements of the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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Debt collectors harassed consumers with violent threats, FTC says

Posted on 26. Oct, 2011 by Collections Recon.

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Two California debt collection firms used abusive tactics to harass financially distressed consumers, with one firm threatening to kill debtors’ pets or desecrate the bodies of their deceased children, the Federal Trade Commission says.