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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When Bad Information Happens to Good Collection Agencies
25 June 2014
FTC Announces $4 million Action Against Debt Collector Over Convenience Fees
25 June 2014
Automated Collection Services Named to the Tennessean Top Workplace List for 2014
25 June 2014
ConServe Announced New Office in New York, Job Expansion Coming Soon
25 June 2014
State May Have to Defend its Debt Collection Practices After Settlement
24 June 2014
Executive Changes: Account Control Technology Expands with Executive Account Managers
24 June 2014
Former CFPB Employee: Debt Buyers in the Bureau's Crosshairs
24 June 2014
State Supreme Court Decision Defines Forwarders as Collection Agencies
23 June 2014
How Safe is Your Email from Spam Filters? 3 Ways to Find Out
23 June 2014
Upcoming Webinar Focuses on Conversations Between Creditors and Collectors
23 June 2014
Big Wall Street Investors Looking at Student Loan Collectors: Report
20 June 2014
Creditors and Collectors Should be Talking Now, Before the CFPB Starts to Dictate the Conversation
20 June 2014
Executive Changes: Centurion IV Names New CEO and Director of Client Services
20 June 2014
Dials, Contacts, and the Difference: Collection Calls to Consumers
20 June 2014
FDCPA Case Ruling on Convenience Fees Having Impact on Collectors
19 June 2014
The Truth About Collection Agencies and the Economy
18 June 2014
Capio Partners Announces New Advisory Board Member
17 June 2014
Oversight of Third Parties: Outsourced Activities, Retained Responsibility
17 June 2014
Debt Collection Scammers Using State AG's Name in Emails
16 June 2014
Executive Change: Cathy Marcellino to SKO Brenner American as Sales VP
16 June 2014