BRANCH MANAGER FINED, BARRED FROM RENEWING LICENSE AS PART OF KICKBACK SCHEME
- The Minnesota Department of Commerce has banned a collection agency branch manager from obtaining a license for five years and fined him $2,500 for orchestrating a kickback scheme in which he inflated the commissions of a collector in order to share in the windfall. The collector was previously fined $15,000, $10,000 of which was suspended.
CFPB FILES SUIT AGAINST CREDIT REPAIR PARTNER TO COMPEL SUBPOENA COMPLIANCE
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a lawsuit against a partner of credit repaid company Progrexion Marketing, Inc., accusing the partner of refusing to comply with subpoena and provide documents requested by the agency.
LAWSUIT ACTIVITY REBOUNDS IN JULY, BUT STILL BELOW 2019 LEVELS: WEBRECON
- Only in 2020 would the number of lawsuits filed against collection agencies claiming violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act be both up and down, according to data published yesterday by WebRecon.
FTC ANNOUNCES FCRA NPRMS
- The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it is seeking comment on a number of proposed changes to several rules aimed at aligning the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
AMSHER CONTINUES TO LEAD INNOVATION IN ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SERVICES INDUSTRY WITH PAIRITY AI
- AmSher, a leading specialized accounts receivable service company, announced today that it has selected Pairity AI for account scoring to boost compliant Right-Party Contact and maximize debt recovery.
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