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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Encore Capital Group Selects MSLGROUP as its Global Public Relations Agency of Record
6 January 2011
Executive Change: SquareTwo Financial Names Mark Erickson Senior Commercial Business Leader
6 January 2011
Executive Change: Danen Shiek to B-Line, LLC as Chief Operating Officer
6 January 2011
Debt Buyer PRA Responds to Wall Street Journal Article
4 January 2011
Executive Change: Ronald Lavin to Asset Recovery Solutions as Biz Dev Director
4 January 2011
Asset Acceptance Announces Cost Reduction Actions; Closing Cleveland Collection Office
31 December 2010
Intrum Justitia Announces Joint Venture for Investing in Russian Non-performing Retail Loans
31 December 2010
Portfolio Recovery Associates Expands Credit Facility to Accommodate Business Growth
23 December 2010
Intrum Justitia Acquires Nice Invest Nordic AB which Focuses on Purchased Debt
21 December 2010
Executive Change: Thomas Bunn Joins SquareTwo Financial's Board of Directors
15 December 2010
Executive Changes: Convoke Systems Announces Executive Team Appointment
15 December 2010
Asta Funding Reports Swing to Profit in Fiscal Year
14 December 2010
Portfolio Recovery Associates Continues Tradition of Giving; In 2010, PRA Surpasses the $1 Million Mark in Giving Back to the Community
10 December 2010
Aktiv Kapital Purchases a Large Canadian Portfolio
6 December 2010
Executive Change: Todd Langusch to Asset Acceptance as Chief Information Officer
2 December 2010
What's Really Going On in Debt Purchasing
30 November 2010
Aktiv Kapital Signs Major Debt Buying Deal in Spain
29 November 2010
Cabot Financial Helps Make Children in Need 2010 a Ringing Success
24 November 2010
Executive Change: Tom Bohn Named Executive Director of DBA International
23 November 2010
Executive Change: Asset Acceptance Names Director of Collections and Director of Agency Outsourcing
19 November 2010