A debt buyer is a firm that purchases debt from another company, usually a creditor or bank, at a deeply discounted rate. The debt purchaser then attempts to collect the debt through its own operations or through the use of a third-party debt collection agency. Some debt buyers may sell all or part of the debt to another party at a profit. Most debt buyers are small and privately held, though there is a handful of publicly traded debt buying companies. Recent changes in law and legal rulings have seen the debt buying industry regulated like collection agencies, or servicers of debt, rather than creditors, or owners of the debt. Debt buyers must adhere to the FDCPA.
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ARM Companies Well-Represented in Bankruptcy Filings
27 July 2012
Debt Buyer Portfolio Recovery Associates to Announce Q2 2012 Results on August 1
26 July 2012
Aktiv Kapital Scores Large Debt Portfolio from Bailed-Out Spanish Bank
25 July 2012
Comprehensive Report Released on FTC Debt Collection Complaints
24 July 2012
Portfolio Recovery Unit CCB Offers Help on Claims in $7.25 Billion Credit Card Settlement
24 July 2012
Portfolio Recovery Associates Names Head of Acquired Unit, Mackenzie Hall
23 July 2012
Consumer Lawyer Gives Bad Advice on Debt Collection Case Loss
20 July 2012
ANOTHER Collection Agency Shut Down Over Payday Loans
19 July 2012
State Sues Payday Loan Collection Agency
18 July 2012
Mercantile Adjustment Bureau Buys Assets of Zenith Acquisition Corp
18 July 2012
FDCPA Lawsuits Could Decline in 2012 After Years of Growth
17 July 2012
State Dismisses Debt Collection Cases Per Settlement
13 July 2012
State Considers Selling its Outstanding Delinquent Debt
13 July 2012
Asset Acceptance to Announce Second Quarter Earnings July 30
12 July 2012
The Benefits of Participating in Best Places to Work in Collections 2012
11 July 2012
Tactical Lead Development Sales Teleseminar Planned by Paul Morrow
10 July 2012
Are Debt Buyers Overrepresented in FTC Complaints Against Collectors?
6 July 2012
State Announces $1 million Settlement with Debt Buyer and Collection Agency
3 July 2012
Asset Acceptance Invests in the Health and Wellbeing of its Associates
3 July 2012
Fitzgerald Debt Acquisitions Announces New Standards for Originator Confidentiality
2 July 2012