JUDGE GRANTS MOTION FOR JUDGMENT IN FDCPA CASE OVER CREDITOR IDENTIFICATION IN LETTER
- A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it allegedly failed to adequately identify the current owner of a debt in a collection letter.
HEALTHCARE STARTUP AIMS TO SHIFT BURDEN OF COLLECTIONS TO INSURANCE COMPANIES
- A startup technology company is seeking to shift the burden of collecting on unpaid medical debts from healthcare providers to insurance companies, likening the current process to restaurants being responsible for collecting on unpaid debts when customers pay by credit card.
REPORT LOOKS AT HOW CFPB SUPREME COURT CASE COULD AFFECT AGENCY’S ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
- Could there be an opportunity for companies facing enforcement actions from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to get better settlements or even refuse to cooperate with investigations as the regulator faces a Supreme Court battle to determine whether its leadership structure is constitutional or not? According to a group of attorneys quoted in a published report, those ideas should be included in the decision-making process, at least for now.
UVa HEALTH CREATES COLLECTION COUNCIL WITH NO COLLECTION REPRESENTATIVES
- A month after being spotlighted for its “aggressive” collection tactics and subsequently announcing it will adjust how it collects unpaid debts in the future, the University of Virginia Health System announced yesterday the creation of a billing and collection practices advisory council, which, perhaps surprising to nobody, does not include any collection professionals on it.
TRANSACTIS SELECTS NORDIS TECHNOLOGIES TO PILOT MASTERCARD BILL EXCHANGE
- Nordis Technologies has partnered with Transactis, a Mastercard Company, to help launch a new digital bill presentment and payments solution, Mastercard Bill Pay Exchange (BPX). Nordis is strengthening its leadership in advancing customer communications and payments with this transformative technology.
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