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 ORDERS PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEYS TO PAY DEFENDANT’S $85K LEGAL BILL IN FDCPA CASE
- A District Court judge in Texas has granted a defendant’s motion for attorney’s fees and ordered a pair of attorneys who represented a plaintiff to pay $84,732.83 because they “manufactured” a case “with practically no input from, consultation with, or influence” by the plaintiff.
CFPB RELEASES ANNUAL COMPLAINT REPORT
- The number of debt collection complaints filed by consumers with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped 3% in 2018, to 81,500, and debt collection complaints accounted for 25% of all complaints filed with the agency last year, well behind credit reporting, which accounted for 38%.
JUDGE GRANTS MTD FOR DEFENSE IN FDCPA SUIT OVER CREDITOR NAME IN LETTER
- A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a case in which it was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not adequately identifying the creditor in a collection letter, even though it included references to the “Client Name:” and “Original Creditor:” in the letter.
TRANSWORLD BUYS FINANCIAL SERVICES ARM OF ALTISOURCE, INCLUDING NATIONWIDE CREDIT
- Transworld Systems has agreed to purchase the financial services business of Altisource Portfolio Solutions for $44 million. The transaction includes Nationwide Credit, Inc., a collection agency with more than 2,300 employees nationwide.
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SEASONALITY OF HEALTHCARE RCM PERFORMANCE
- Want to know how a healthcare facility’s revenue cycle management is performing on collecting? Take a look at the calendar, according to a recently released report.
WORTH NOTING: Mick Jagger is going to have heart surgery this week … For fans of Gmail and productivity … The University of Kentucky doesn’t want to let john Calipari go … Five things you can learn about body language … Today is Equal Pay Day … Americans borrowed $88 billion to pay for healthcare last year … A question I have asked myself: How long would it take to dig a hole for an inground pool? … For fans of “Hotel California”
Debunking food safety myths
Are you wasting your time?
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 ORDERS PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEYS TO PAY DEFENDANT’S $85K LEGAL BILL IN FDCPA CASE
- A District Court judge in Texas has granted a defendant’s motion for attorney’s fees and ordered a pair of attorneys who represented a plaintiff to pay $84,732.83 because they “manufactured” a case “with practically no input from, consultation with, or influence” by the plaintiff.
CFPB RELEASES ANNUAL COMPLAINT REPORT
- The number of debt collection complaints filed by consumers with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped 3% in 2018, to 81,500, and debt collection complaints accounted for 25% of all complaints filed with the agency last year, well behind credit reporting, which accounted for 38%.
JUDGE GRANTS MTD FOR DEFENSE IN FDCPA SUIT OVER CREDITOR NAME IN LETTER
- A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a case in which it was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not adequately identifying the creditor in a collection letter, even though it included references to the “Client Name:” and “Original Creditor:” in the letter.
TRANSWORLD BUYS FINANCIAL SERVICES ARM OF ALTISOURCE, INCLUDING NATIONWIDE CREDIT
- Transworld Systems has agreed to purchase the financial services business of Altisource Portfolio Solutions for $44 million. The transaction includes Nationwide Credit, Inc., a collection agency with more than 2,300 employees nationwide.
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SEASONALITY OF HEALTHCARE RCM PERFORMANCE
- Want to know how a healthcare facility’s revenue cycle management is performing on collecting? Take a look at the calendar, according to a recently released report.
WORTH NOTING: Mick Jagger is going to have heart surgery this week … For fans of Gmail and productivity … The University of Kentucky doesn’t want to let john Calipari go … Five things you can learn about body language … Today is Equal Pay Day … Americans borrowed $88 billion to pay for healthcare last year … A question I have asked myself: How long would it take to dig a hole for an inground pool? … For fans of “Hotel California”
Debunking food safety myths
Are you wasting your time?
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.
