Some quick links to start your Friday. An op-ed column on the new South Dakota “Obligation Recovery Center” … One in five Americans is supporting a child or parent, to the tune of $12,000 per year, on average … The amount of non-housing debt increased by $67 billion in the second quarter, …
Read More »Daily Digest – August 13. FCC Announces Robocall Workshop; Tennessee Court Looking For Help Recouping $16 Million in Unpaid Fines
Some quick links to start your Thursday. Citizen’s Bank is paying $35 million in fines for not crediting consumers with the full amount of their deposits, when the amount deposited did not match the amount on the deposit slip … What to do when the domain name you want is taken … …
Read More »Daily Digest – August 11. PRA, Asta Announce Earnings; How Collection Agencies Profit From Suspended Driver’s Licenses
Some quick links to start your Tuesday. Santander Consumer USA is in hot water for over-charging consumers for car loans … Credit unions are taking a bigger share of mortgage and auto loan originations, according to a new study from TransUnion … Google is reorganizing itself … Tesla is losing $4,000 on each model …
Read More »Daily Digest – August 10. NC Passes Debt Collector Law; Senator Attacks Regulator For More Debt Sale Oversight
Some quick links to start your Monday. The CEO of a payments processing company defends his $70,000 minimum salary … Car insurers don’t really care how you drive … Forced updates from Microsoft for Windows 10 are causing a lot of problems … Police officers shot an armed man during protests in Ferguson, Mo., …
Read More »Daily Digest – August 6. Arizona Collector Hiring 200 New Reps; Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Continue Falling
Some quick links to start your Thursday. The CEOs of companies in the S&P 500 were paid, on average, 216 times more than the median employee, according to data released yesterday. Some CEOs were paid as much as 800 times the median employee’s salary … Why you should always be at …
Read More »Daily Digest – August 5. CUs Lash Out Against FCC; Consumer Writes Clever Reply To Collector Trying To Reach Deceased Father
Some quick links to start your Wednesday. The Securities and Exchange Commission is set to issue a rule that will require publicly traded companies to disclose the pay gap between CEOs and rank-and-file employees … In a fight that is similar to the industry’s battle over the TCPA, the D.C. Circuit …
Read More »Daily Digest – August 4. Citigroup Being Investigated By CFPB; The Generation Most Likely To Run Into Financial Problems
Some quick links to start your Tuesday. Scientific proof that women are colder in the office then men … Companies have stopped selling realistic-looking toy guns in New York … How to improve your morning routine … Warren Buffett’s secrets to stop worrying … How to harness the power of …
Read More »Daily Digest – August 3. All-Woman Collection Agency Profiled; Why Data Breaches Are Not A Big Deal
Some quick links to start your Monday. Auto dealers, Congress, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are fighting it out over consumers’ rights to negotiate loan rates and identifying minority borrowers … Why PowerPoint presentations are banned at Amazon … The smartest strategies to crush your competition … Ten words that will make …
Read More »Daily Digest – July 31. Collector Helps Woman Track Down Birth Father; More Robocall-Killing Products Reviewed
Some quick links to start your Friday. Car sharing company Uber launches leasing program to attract more drivers … The next month’s worth of economic data will tell a huge story … A hugely important skill: How to ask better questions … Insomnia costs the average employee 11 days of work a year … …
Read More »Daily Digest – July 30. Lawmakers Panicking Over TCPA Changes; How to Find Anyone’s Email Address
Some quick links to start your Thursday. Consumer groups have started lobbying about what the CFPB should do with its proposed payday lending rule … From ACA International: Bill that would end Operation Choke Point gets voted out of committee … An app that claims to block unwanted robocalls … Nearly three-quarters of consumers …
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