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  • FTC Settlement Includes Debt-Relief Charges

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 17, 2013

    Two operators of alleged tech support scams agreed to settle FTC complaints and give up what they gained in the operation. The scams included telemarketing a debt-relief program.

  • Payday Lenders to CFPB: Back Off

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 17, 2013

    Last month Richard Cordray argued that payday lenders charge exorbitant fees and often trap consumers in a cycle of debt.

  • UK Debt Buyer Lowell Group Acquires Interlaken

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 16, 2013

    Lowell Group, a purchaser of non-performing consumer debt portfolios in the United Kingdom, Thursday announced the acquisition of Interlaken Group.

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  • J.C. Flowers Acquires UK Collection Business

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 16, 2013

    U.S. private equity firm JC Flowers & Co., run by ex-Goldman Sachs banker Christopher Flowers, will acquire British debt collector Cabot Credit Management from AnaCap Financial Partners.

  • Vehicle History Score Helps Lenders Predict Delinquency

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 15, 2013

    TransUnion has developed a risk assessment model to help auto lenders evaluate the potential for future loan delinquency based on the history of the vehicle used as collateral.

  • Survey Reveals Gaps in Credit Score Knowledge

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 14, 2013

    A consumer survey reveals a large number of Americans know little about credit scores, with between one-quarter and two-fifths of a sample of 1,000 people incorrectly answering wide-ranging questions about scores.

  • Capital One's U.S. Card Chargeoffs Fall

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 15, 2013

    Chargeoffs at Capital One Financial Corp.'s U.S. card business fell to 4.61% in April from 4.69% in March, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.

  • California Company Settles Robocall Charges

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 14, 2013

    A California company that provides voice-over-Internet services has agreed to stop transmitting robocalls to consumers to settle charges that it violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule.

  • Viewpoint: Rewards and Risks of the Strategic Defaulter

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 13, 2013

    One of the challenges lingering for financial institutions in the aftermath of the recession is the mysterious strategic defaulter. But are they just an obstacle or possibly an opportunity?

  • CFPB Targets Discrimination in Auto Loan Battle

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 16, 2013

    When Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, one of its provisions banned outright bounties that that mortgage lenders had formerly paid to brokers for steering borrowers toward high-interest rate loans.

Viewpoints

  • Rewards and Risks of the Strategic Defaulter

    Collections & Credit Risk | May 13, 2013

    One of the challenges lingering for financial institutions in the aftermath of the recession is the mysterious strategic defaulter. But are they just an obstacle or possibly an opportunity?

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