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Atlanta, GA- Each year, the FFAM360 offices in Atlanta, Phoenix, and Paso Robles organize a school supply drive to help families’ back to school efforts. This year’s drive collected backpacks and various school supplies, ensuring that 20 families and over 50 children arrive at school equipped and prepared to learn. …

CHERRY HILL, NJ, August 15, 2019 – MRS BPO LLC, a leading provider of services to the accounts receivables management industry, today announced the launch of Adam, a proprietary conversational IVR that services customers. Adam is a blend of AI and IVR which learns and expands every day. It combines …

A handful of consumer advocacy groups and unions filed their comments criticizing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed debt collection rule yesterday, and one hand-written note from a consumer illustrated how advocacy groups are raising awareness to get consumers to file comments opposing the proposed rule. The Service Employees International …

Atlanta, GA. – August 20, 2019  Check Into Cash, a national industry leader in direct lending and short-term credit solutions with hundreds of retail locations across the country and an ever expanding online presence, has selected Telrock, a global technology provider of SaaS-based software solutions, to provide their enterprise-wide collections …

A number of pro-industry comments supporting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed debt collection rule were published yesterday, including one from a conservative think tank. The Competitive Enterprise Institute supported much of what the CFPB did in the proposed rule, even going as far as to urge the agency to …

Leveraging opportunities in New Jersey, Florida, and Georgia, a New York-based debt consolidation company has wrangled an additional $96 thousand dollars in tax breaks from the state as it doubles the size of its offices amidst plans to hire 150 more employees. Strategic Financial Solutions has previously announced plans to …

It may have only taken 14 short years to get your money back for all those ridiculous Visa and Mastercard swipe fees but there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. On Nov. 7, a court may grant final approval to a class action antitrust lawsuit against …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the hiring of a student loan ombudsman on Friday, but the individual who was hired has rankled consumer advocates and liberal lawmakers and the job description for the position appears to have changed from its original oversight responsibilities. Robert G. Cameron was named the …

In an effort to help it continue to focus on its key markets, which include the United States, Encore Capital Group has completed the sale of Baycorp to Credit Corp Group. Baycorp specialized in the “management of non-performing loans in Australia and New Zealand,” and provided “portfolio management services for …

Monday, Aug. 19 was due to be the original deadline for comments related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed rule, before the deadline was extended by 30 days to Sept. 18. But at least a small handful of organizations appear to not need any additional time and filed their …