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GETTING TO KNOW VINETTA ORCUTT OF CHAPMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES
- Like many, Vinetta Orcutt’s start in the industry was a fairly common story — she needed a job. But what she found was a career. It didn’t take long for her to fall in love with her new surroundings and she hasn’t looked back since. Read on to learn more about Vinetta and why you never want to see her with a deck of cards in her hand.
APPEALS COURT RULES DISMISSAL OF FDCPA SUIT WAS PREMATURE
- The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a defendant in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case on a legal technicality, sending the case back to the District Court for further proceedings. The defendant had withdrawn one of its arguments when seeking to have the case dismissed, only to re-introduce it in a supplemental brief, leaving the plaintiff without an opportunity to oppose the re-introduced argument.
WHY YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO NEGOTIATE WITH A MILLENNIAL
- Recently, AccountsRecovery.net held a webinar discussing the differences in trying to collect from individuals from different generations, discussing whether different methods and strategies are needed when collecting from millennials as opposed to baby boomers. One of the things that was not discussed, but maybe should have, are the increasingly talented negotiating skills of younger individuals, who are getting quite good at haggling, according to a published report.
CONSUMERS FIRST ACT PASSES HOUSE IN LARGELY SYMBOLIC GESTURE
- In a largely symbolic gesture, the House of Representatives yesterday passed the Consumers First Act, which would overhaul the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and undo many of the changes put in place during the year-long tenure of former Acting Director Mick Mulvaney.
LUCENTPAY ACQUIRES GLOBAL COLLECTION SYSTEMS
- LucentPay, provider of adaptable and ARM-focused payment solutions designed for agency profitability, today announced it has acquired Global Collection Systems (GCS), a leading provider of virtual collection technology. Combined, the company continues to serve the ARM industry with payment partnerships that improve agency profitability.
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The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.