Getting to Know Heather Taylor of State
- Her daughter’s slight oversimplification aside, Heather Taylor loves being able to flex her creative muscles every day as the director of marketing at State. The flexing allows her to do one of the things she does best — create something from nothing. Read on to learn more about Heather, why the relationships she has built in her career in this industry matter so much to her, and the international geographic connection that she shares with a certain individual in the industry whose name rhymes with Bike Bibb.
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CFPB Faces First Lawsuit Over Dismantling
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is being sued by the City of Baltimore and Economic Action Maryland Fund, challenging the administration’s actions to defund the bureau. Adding to the turmoil, the CFPB has also fired several expert witnesses critical to ongoing cases against financial institutions accused of consumer harm, according to a published report, suggesting a broader retreat from its mission of protecting Americans from financial abuse.
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Companies Accelerating Tech Deployments
- LAS VEGAS — For anyone who has been in this industry for longer than it takes to drink a cup of coffee, you’ve no doubt heard some reference to how slow companies in credit and collections have been to adopting technology. Having a conversation during last night’s cocktail reception at RMAI’s annual conference, it was noted that as recent as five years ago, companies were still struggling with embracing digital collections, a situation which hasn’t changed much for some companies. But beyond embracing digital collections, the rapid interest and adoption of artificial intelligence technology is showing that the industry’s adoption and the pace of adoption, is accelerating at a rate that the industry has never seen before.
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South Dakota Lawmakers Split on Medical Debt Collection Bills
- Lawmakers in in South Dakota have taken opposing actions on two medical debt bills, advancing one that prohibits reporting medical debt to credit agencies while rejecting another that sought to limit when hospitals could send bills to collections.
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