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PHOENIX, March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ —BillingTree®, the payment problem solvers™, today announced Terri Harwood has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. In this newly created position, Ms. Harwood will lead BillingTree Operations during a period of rapid growth. Her experience and extensive expertise complement the company’s continued success in the target verticals of …

Performant Financial Corp. yesterday announced double-digit revenue increases for both the fourth quarter of 2018 and the full year compared with the same periods a year earlier. Revenue for the fourth quarter was $39.8 million, up from $33.3 million in the same quarter of 2017. For the whole year, revenue …

ACA International has put its support behind a bill that would place the budget of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the jurisdiction of Congress instead of the Federal Reserve Board. Rep. Andy Barr [R-Ky.], last month introduced House Bill 969, the Taking Account of Bureaucrats’ Spending Act of 2019. …

A pair of artists in the United Kingdom are attempting to turn debt into art. The pair created fake bank notes and currency featuring people in their neighborhood. The fake notes and currency were then sold as artwork and raised nearly $53,000. Half of that was donated to charity and …

ATLANTA, March 25, 2019 — VoApps, a technology company that provides innovative voicemail solutions to help businesses reach mobile contacts with consideration and compliance, announced today that its board of directors has appointed industry veteran John Fasano as CEO. Fasano was most recently chief financial officer at fintech startup Gro Solutions, which was acquired in late …

Reliant Capital Solutions has announced a plan to move into a larger office in Western New York and will hire an additional 150 staff members for the location, according to a published report. The company currently employed 56 staffers in an office in the town of Elma, N.Y., but will …

The debt collection industry in The Evergreen State — Washington — goes under the microscope in a published report, detailing how the state has among the “most punishing” laws in the nation for people in debt, and how filing lawsuits against individuals is so lucrative that “some of the state’s …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a number of changes to its advisory boards yesterday, and announced it is looking for experts in debt collections, among other areas. Invitations to apply to the CFPB’s Consumer Advisory Board, Credit Union Advisory Council, Community Bank Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council are …

Scott Weltman, the managing partner of Weltman Weinberg & Reis, recently testified before the House Financial Services Committee about his firm’s experience being sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Weltman won its case when a jury ruled the agency did not prove its case. Sharing his thoughts about his …

LIVONIA, MI (March 18, 2019) – RevSpring, a leading provider of consumer communications, billing, and payment solutions, announced today that healthcare industry veteran Scott MacKenzie has joined RevSpring as Chief Executive Officer and a member of RevSpring’s Board of Directors. Scott brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare and …