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THE PROS AND CONS OF SELLING INTO LARGE COMPANIES
- Misty Carson from MRS BPO, and Joe Gelbard from TrueAccord, have a lot of experience in sales. They sat down yesterday and talked about the differences that exist when attempting to sell into larger companies. The information they shared is truly valuable for any collection agency that wants to go after the bigger fish.
GETTING TO KNOW SOPHIE BENBENEK OF TRUEACCORD
- Sophie Benbenek always planned on a career in the public sector, and would be working on policy or for some non-profit if she had not ended up at TrueAccord. But helping people is still very much in her job description. As head of data science at TrueAccord, Sophie was the lead architect for the decision engine that drives self-service collections at the company. Read on to learn more about Sophie, her love of Marvel Comics, and why she likely finished reading this sooner than you or I did.
NEW BCFP DIRECTOR EXPECTED TO BE NAMED NEXT WEEK
- President Trump is planning on naming the next permanent director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection before the end of next week, acting director Mick Mulvaney said yesterday. Even though the White House will nominate someone to be the next director, it will likely be months before that individual is confirmed, and Mulvaney said he expects to remain in the job until late this year.
CITY APPROVES THREEFOLD INCREASE IN CONTRACT WITH COLLECTION AGENCY
- As expected, the city council of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, approved a threefold increase in its contract with Municipal Collections of America, largely because the program to collect on unpaid traffic tickets, inspection and permit fees, utilities, and other accounts has been more successful than anticipated.
MAN ARRESTED AFTER FIRING SHOTS NEAR COLLECTION AGENCY
- A Buffalo man who fired shots from a gun into the air last week, prompting school lockdowns and a manhunt, was firing while in the vicinity of a collection agency in Amherst, N.Y., according to a published report. Brandon Wallace, 29, has been arrested and is facing a third-degree felony charge of criminal possession of a weapon.
LUCENTPAY PARTNERS WITH APPLIED INNOVATION TO OFFER PAYMENT SOLUTIONS
- LucentPay, a full-service payment processor leading the industry in No-Cost-to-Biller processing, announces a new partnership with Applied Innovation. The partnership will enable Applied Innovation to offer clients both traditional payment processing as well as the No-Cost-to-Biller solution for credit cards, debit cards, and ACH transactions.
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The Daily Digest is sponsored by Beam Software. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Beam is a thought leader in portfolio management and collection software. They offer both cloud-based and on-premise solutions to accommodate the entire collection continuum. For more information, please visit www.beamsoftware.com or call (800) 212-2326.
