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SUPREME COURT AGREES TO HEAR ARGUMENTS IN TCPA CASE
- The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case that deals with whether courts have a requirement to accept how a regulator interprets a statute.
REGULATORS FILE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN OPERATION CHOKE POINT CASE
- A pair of federal regulators that are being sued by a group of payday lenders for their role in Operation Choke Point filed a motion for summary judgment yesterday, arguing that the plaintiffs have not suffered the harms they claimed to have suffered because of the initiative and, even if they have suffered, they can’t prove those losses were directly related to actions taken by the defendants.
JUDGE DENIES ARBITRATION BECAUSE DEFENDANT WAITED TOO LONG
- A federal judge in Florida has denied a motion to compel arbitration in a case in which a collection agency was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not identifying itself properly in a voicemail message because the agency waited seven years before seeking arbitration.
FEWER INDIVIDUALS BEING CONTACTED BY COLLECTORS, BUT STILL PLENTY OF FINANCIAL CONCERNS DESPITE GROWING ECONOMY
- Nearly half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, even though the economy continues to improve and it appears that fewer individuals are being contacted about unpaid debts, according to data released by PYMNTS.com.
BILLINGTREE ENHANCES AND INTEGRATES SMS PAYMENT SOLUTION
- BillingTree, the payment problem solvers, today announced the expanded integration of text based billing and payments within the CareView™ and Payrazr Platforms, rebranding the offering ‘BillingTree SMS’.
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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.
