Month: January 2016

Using largely anecdotal evidence, Human Rights Watch has published a report that claims the debt buying industry is taking advantage ...

DIY VS. OUTSOURCING: THE SAGA AWAKENS  A age-old debate in Illinois as the two men vying to be the next ...

DEBT COLLECTOR DEFINITION BROADENS A debt collector, as defined by the FDCPA is not just someone who may work for ...

PUT COLLEGES ON HOOK FOR UNPAID LOANS Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, made a bold ...

Internet users are not a particularly imaginative bunch, at least as far as creating passwords goes. Every year, a company ...

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday filed its brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, ...

Welcome to a new regular feature on AccountsRecovery.net. The collections and debt-buying industries are tight-knit communities, but there is a lot ...

The number of lawsuits alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act set new ...

COLORADO SHERIFF TURNS TO ONLINE COLLECTIONS  A Colorado county sheriff's office is turning to a third-party, web-based service to collect ...

IRS MOVING FORWARD  The Internal Revenue Service will have its collections outsourcing program designed within the next 90 days, but ...