Debt collection refers to the work done to recover balances from credit accounts that are past due. Most commonly, debt collection specifically references third party debt collectors whose clients include banks, credit card issuers and other credit grantors, debt buyers, governments, and any organization that extends credit or owns an account where a balance is due. Collection methods traditionally include phone calls from call center agents, e-mails, and letters, and increasingly, SMS text. If an account remains in arrears after these efforts, the collection agency may contract with a collection attorney to file suit to recover the debt, if the collection agency is not positioned to do so.
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Texas Court Upholds FDCPA Claim Against Collection Agency
6 July 2011
UK Debt Management Firm Has License Revoked for Threatening Debt Collector
5 July 2011
Citi Sued Over Indonesian Debt Collection That Turned to Murder
1 July 2011
Doing it Wrong: Genius Saves the World
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Getting Current on the Credit Card Sector
30 June 2011
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30 June 2011
Executive Change: Erik Forsberg Named CFO at Intrum Justitia
30 June 2011
Newspaper Wins Journalism Award for Anti-Debt Collector Series
29 June 2011
Looking Back on What we Said at the Beginning of the Financial Crisis
29 June 2011
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29 June 2011
FMA Alliance Raises More than $500 in Just Two Days to Help Military Veterans
29 June 2011
Debt Collector Arrested for Theft; Never Gave Clients their Money
28 June 2011
Texas Collection Agency Riles Up the Hawai'ians
28 June 2011
Warnings Going Out About Debt Collection Scams
27 June 2011
Vermont to Use Collection Agency for Past Due Fines
27 June 2011
Kansas AG Beefs Up Consumer Protection Prosecution Unit
27 June 2011
International ARM M&A Deal Activity Heats Up
27 June 2011
FTC Submits Opinion on Debt Buyer Class Action Lawsuit
24 June 2011
Stiff New Fines on the Way for Caller ID Spoofers
24 June 2011
New White Paper on Hiring Top Collector Talent
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