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CLASS ACTION SUIT ALLEGES AGENCY VIOLATED FDCPA BY CHARGING SERVICE FEE FOR CARD PAYMENTS
- A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a collection agency for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by indicating in a collection letter than a service charge would be applied to any payments made via a credit card.
LARGEST COLLECTION AGENCY IN CALIFORNIA SIGNS LEASE FOR NEW OFFICE
- The largest accounts receivable management company in California has announced it is consolidating two offices into one, which will serve as the company’s Northern California headquarters.
AGENCY ACCUSED OF IMPERSONATING ATTORNEY, USING OBSCENE LANGUAGE DURING COLLECTION CALL
- A lawsuit has been filed against a fitness gym and the collection agency the gym placed an account with, for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by misrepresenting that the collector was an attorney and by using obscene and profane language during a collection call.
GROUPS EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT FCC ROBOCALL PROPOSAL AS AGENCY PREPS FOR VOTE ON DECLARATORY RULING
- As the Federal Communications Commission is poised to vote on a Declaratory Ruling this Thursday that would give phone companies the block “unwanted” calls from being connected to consumers and allow consumers to block calls from individuals who are not on their contact list, a number of trade groups, including ACA International, have submitted a letter expressing how “deeply” they are concerned about the unintended consequences of the proposal.
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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.