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GETTING TO KNOW SUSAN BECKER OF JORMANDY
- There might not be a lot of overlap between teaching second grade and running a company in the credit and collections industry, but Susan Becker has found a way to seamlessly make the transition. As the CEO of Jormandy for 15 years, Susan might not ever have imagined that she would one day run her own company, but thanks to the help of some good friends and employees, she is thriving. Read on to learn more about Susan and what her employees think makes her such an effective leader.
NOT EXPLICITLY STATING DISPUTE HAS TO BE IN WRITING DOES NOT RISE TO LEVEL OF FDCPA VIOLATION, APPEALS COURT RULES
- The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the oversight of not mentioning in a collection letter that disputing a debt had to be made in writing does not rise to the level of suffering an injury under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against a collection agency.
FCC PUTS DOLLAR AMOUNT ON ROBOCALL PROBLEM AS AGENCY PREPS FOR VOTE
- Robocalls cost consumers $3 billion a year in lost time alone, the chief economist and chief technology officer from the Federal Communications Commission revealed yesterday, as the agency gets set to vote today on a proposal that would give carriers and consumers more power to block automated calls, be they illegal or not.
LAWMAKERS, REGULATORS START ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT COLLECTION AGENCY DATA BREACH
- The news for the companies involved in a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency is only getting worse by the day.
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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.