The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.
TAKEAWAYS FROM ACA INTERNATIONAL’S SPRING FORUM
- ACA International held its 2019 Spring Forum event in Las Vegas this week. Here are some snippets and highlights of the event, which included a significant amount of great ideas and content.
JUDGE RELIES ON POLICIES TO COMPEL ARBITRATION IN FDCPA CLASS ACTION
- Relying on the policies and procedures of the original creditor and the subsequent debt buyer, a District Court judge has agreed to compel arbitration in a class-action lawsuit in which the debt buyer was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by indicating the “current balance” on a debt in a collection letter without clearly stating whether the amount will or will not increase.
VIRGINIA PASSES TELEPHONE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT, INCLUDES EXEMTPION FOR COLLECTORS
- Debt collectors will be exempt from a bill that was signed into law last week by the governor of Virginia seeking to crack down on unwanted and unsolicited telemarketing calls.
WORTH NOTING: A horrible tragedy that occurred overnight in New Zealand … More proof that crime doesn’t pay … Depression and suicide rates are rising sharply among young Americans … How to fight back if you’re losing the battle against your email inbox … The tide has turned and now the average tax return is actually up from last year, according to the IRS … More than 60,000 individuals in Louisiana accidentally received double refunds on their state income taxes … Beware the Ides of March: what it means … The battle against flushable wipes … The magnetic North Pole has moved.
Secrets behind magic tricks
Funny Friday (Warning: Contains some NSFW language)
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.
TAKEAWAYS FROM ACA INTERNATIONAL’S SPRING FORUM
- ACA International held its 2019 Spring Forum event in Las Vegas this week. Here are some snippets and highlights of the event, which included a significant amount of great ideas and content.
JUDGE RELIES ON POLICIES TO COMPEL ARBITRATION IN FDCPA CLASS ACTION
- Relying on the policies and procedures of the original creditor and the subsequent debt buyer, a District Court judge has agreed to compel arbitration in a class-action lawsuit in which the debt buyer was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by indicating the “current balance” on a debt in a collection letter without clearly stating whether the amount will or will not increase.
VIRGINIA PASSES TELEPHONE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT, INCLUDES EXEMTPION FOR COLLECTORS
- Debt collectors will be exempt from a bill that was signed into law last week by the governor of Virginia seeking to crack down on unwanted and unsolicited telemarketing calls.
WORTH NOTING: A horrible tragedy that occurred overnight in New Zealand … More proof that crime doesn’t pay … Depression and suicide rates are rising sharply among young Americans … How to fight back if you’re losing the battle against your email inbox … The tide has turned and now the average tax return is actually up from last year, according to the IRS … More than 60,000 individuals in Louisiana accidentally received double refunds on their state income taxes … Beware the Ides of March: what it means … The battle against flushable wipes … The magnetic North Pole has moved.
Secrets behind magic tricks
Funny Friday (Warning: Contains some NSFW language)
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.
