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.
JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENSE ON TCPA VIOLATION, DENIES IT FOR FDCPA VIOLATIONS OVER CALLS TO PLAINTIFF
- A District Court judge in Illinois partially denied summary judgment against a defendant that is being sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by placing 20 calls during a two-month period in attempts to reach someone else.
AMERICANS STRESSED ABOUT CREDIT CARD DEBT, MANY NOT PAYING OFF BALANCES EVERY MONTH
- Nearly half of all Americans are not paying off their credit card balances every month, according to the results of a recently released survey, and 72% of those people have a balance greater than $1,000.
ACA ENDORSES BILL AIMED AT CHANGING CFPB’S FUNDING SOURCE
- 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.
TEXAS DEBT BUYING BILL TO BE DISCUSSED AT HEARING TODAY
- A hearing has been scheduled for today for the Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services Committee of the Texas House of Representatives to discuss a slate of bills, including House Bill 996, which seeks to limit the period of time in which a debt buyer may initiate a legal action or force arbitration as well as provide additional disclosures that must be made to individuals when collecting on debts.
U.K. ARTISTS BUY $1.6M IN DEBTS, PLAN TO SET THEM ON FIRE AS ART EXHIBIT
- 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 the other half was used to purchased and then forgive $1.6 million in unpaid debts.
VOAPPS NAMES JOHN FASANO AS CEO
- 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 2018 by Q2 Holdings.
WORTH NOTING: Apple debuted a number of new services yesterday, including a new credit card … NASA’s first all-female spacewalk had to be canceled because of an odd reason … Keane Reeves just sounds like a great guy … What trumps charisma and confidence when it comes to being a good leader … Why greeting cards are falling out of favor … McDonald’s is going to start recommending food to you … Poor mental health is as bad for you as smoking, according to new research … Things that mentally strong parents don’t do.
Apple’s new credit card
Crazy things that actually happened in court
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.
JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENSE ON TCPA VIOLATION, DENIES IT FOR FDCPA VIOLATIONS OVER CALLS TO PLAINTIFF
- A District Court judge in Illinois partially denied summary judgment against a defendant that is being sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by placing 20 calls during a two-month period in attempts to reach someone else.
AMERICANS STRESSED ABOUT CREDIT CARD DEBT, MANY NOT PAYING OFF BALANCES EVERY MONTH
- Nearly half of all Americans are not paying off their credit card balances every month, according to the results of a recently released survey, and 72% of those people have a balance greater than $1,000.
ACA ENDORSES BILL AIMED AT CHANGING CFPB’S FUNDING SOURCE
- 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.
TEXAS DEBT BUYING BILL TO BE DISCUSSED AT HEARING TODAY
- A hearing has been scheduled for today for the Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services Committee of the Texas House of Representatives to discuss a slate of bills, including House Bill 996, which seeks to limit the period of time in which a debt buyer may initiate a legal action or force arbitration as well as provide additional disclosures that must be made to individuals when collecting on debts.
U.K. ARTISTS BUY $1.6M IN DEBTS, PLAN TO SET THEM ON FIRE AS ART EXHIBIT
- 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 the other half was used to purchased and then forgive $1.6 million in unpaid debts.
VOAPPS NAMES JOHN FASANO AS CEO
- 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 2018 by Q2 Holdings.
WORTH NOTING: Apple debuted a number of new services yesterday, including a new credit card … NASA’s first all-female spacewalk had to be canceled because of an odd reason … Keane Reeves just sounds like a great guy … What trumps charisma and confidence when it comes to being a good leader … Why greeting cards are falling out of favor … McDonald’s is going to start recommending food to you … Poor mental health is as bad for you as smoking, according to new research … Things that mentally strong parents don’t do.
Apple’s new credit card
Crazy things that actually happened in court
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.
