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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Debt Collector's Testimony May Be Critical in Murder Trial
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Compliance Acronym Stew: Is Your Collection Agency at Risk? Part III: Red Flags, GLBA, and HIPAA
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Todd, Bremer & Lawson Selects Ontario Systems for Outsourced Compliance Partnership
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BFrame Announces Cloud Infrastructure Partnership
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'Four-Second Review' FDCPA Decision Cited in Separate Class Action Filing
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25 September 2014
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BFrame Enhances Student Loan Rehabilitation Software
25 September 2014
FTC Finishes Off Scam Debt Collection Agency with "Bags of Money" Ties
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CFPB and FTC Set Agenda for "Debt Collection & the Latino Community" Roundtable
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Executive Change: Christine Timmins Berry Named President and CEO of Windham Professionals
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23 September 2014
TCPA: Is the Scope of Consent Unlimited?
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