General News

AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA, October 23, 2020 — Brit Suttell has been awarded the National Creditor’s Bar Association’s Donald Kramer Award. The Donald Kramer award is given each year to “someone whose efforts have made a substantial and lasting impact for the benefit of the credit and legal collection community.” Ms. …

If you are looking for an unbiased and straightforward report that provides a high-level summary of what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Congress are doing to regulate the debt collection industry, then this is the report for you. Published last week by the Congressional Research Service, a public policy …

(MADISON, Wis., Oct. 19, 2020) – Each fall State’s team collects school supplies for area students in need. Like so many aspects of 2020, with many team members working remote, this year’s Back to School campaign needed to pivot to an online campaign. State President Tim Haag issued a challenge to …

The FFAM360 Alliance of Companies is fundraising for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation this October. This annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign helps increase attention and support for the awareness, early detection, and treatment of this disease. FFAM360 Joins GCFS to Make a Difference in 2020  The team at FFAM360 …

 October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This year, unlike any other, Americans of every age are spending more and more time online. Working from home, meeting by Zoom, ordering groceries, and attending school have become a way of life rife with opportunities for identify theft. National Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminds …

Branding Arc announces the donation of marketing support aimed at increasing awareness for Stop Abuse. This contribution will help reach child sexual abuse victims who have been silenced during stay-at-home orders resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.  The pandemic and subsequent school closures have kept children away from teachers and school …

AUSTIN, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, October 13, 2020 — Gregory M. Friedman has joined Barron & Newburger as an attorney in the firm’s Austin office. Gregory will work both with the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Law Group, and with its Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice Group. In both areas, Mr. Friedman will …

Last week, the Florida Collectors Association held its annual conference at a hotel in Sarasota. It was, as far as I can tell, the first live industry event since the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in mid-March. The FCA offered a full slate of educational and networking opportunities for …

Through October 28, Crown Asset Management (“CAM”) is matching each dollar donated to Feed the Frontlines, a program offered by Gourmet Innovations Catering & More. With this program, Gourmet Innovations is continuing their commitment to feeding Atlanta’s frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. October 28th is National First Responder’s Day. …

A campaign that began with a study revealing that 100,000 people every year attempt to commit suicide because they are mired in heavy debt has led to changes that will require lenders and debt collectors in the United Kingdom to make their collection letters less intimidating, including a ban on …