Getting to Know Chris Peppler of Oliphant USA
- Chris Peppler has never been so happy to have been proven wrong. He didn’t think anything could keep up with the pace of his job in the hospitality industry, but it didn’t take long for him to see that things move just as fast, if not faster, in the accounts receivable management industry. Read on to learn more about Chris, who taught him that girl dads rule, and what’s keeping our industry from being more open to new ideas and technology.
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Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Allegations of Collecting, Furnishing Without Consent
- A District Court judge in Mississippi has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case after it was sued by a plaintiff representing himself, claiming the defendant violated the statute because it was attempting to collect a debt that was not owed to that company and because it was allegedly illegal to furnish information about the account to the credit reporting agencies without the plaintiff’s consent.
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Elective Medical Finance Company Raises More Money to Help Aid Expansion
- An area of focus within medical debt today is the difference between elective and non-elective procedures. Consumers who incur medical debt because their appendix bursts, for example, are being looked at differently than someone who undergoes surgery to remove a mole or a wart. There’s nothing the consumer could have done to avoid the first scenario, so there is more sympathy for the debt that consumer incurs. As a means of furthering that segmentation, a platform that specializes in offering healthcare providers payment and subscription options for consumers undergoing elective healthcare procedures this week announced a “significant” round of equity financing to help the company grow its platform.
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Pay-by-Bank Volume Set to Explode: Plaid
- The head of payments at Plaid recently spoke about the growth and opportunities that are being presented through the pay-by-bank or ACH channel, especially in areas like bill payments.
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