Consumer Credit Collector Blog

For over 12 years, the Consumer Credit Collector ADVISOR has been the premier source for straightforward advice on how collectors can reach their full potential and boost collection totals. The Advisor is a monthly publication providing proven and effective collection techniques. It is not designed to render legal advice or legal opinions. Each issue provides information, inspiration, new ideas, and techniques for successful collections.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Several debt collectors face charges

12 Buffalo debt collectors face charges (WCAX-TV Vermont)
Associated Press - Sept 29, 2009 5:35 PM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Twelve workers at a group of Buffalo-area debt collection agencies face charges that they posed as law enforcement...

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Debt collectors hounded husband to death

Widow says debt collectors hounded husband to death (The News Journal)
TAMPA, Fla. -- A widow claims that debt collectors hounded her husband to death with as many as nine caustic calls a day, causing stress that contributed to his fatal heart attack.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Debt collectors hounded husband to death

Widow: Debt collectors hounded husband to death (AP via Yahoo! News)
A widow claims that debt collectors hounded her husband to death with as many as nine caustic calls per day, causing stress that contributed to his fatal heart attack. She's suing the Florida couple's mortgage company in a unique wrongful death case.

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

A look at Debt Collection Practices

Vail Law: Here's a look at the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (The Vail Trail)
Times are tough. The economy has fallen off a cliff and has only very slowly begun to claw its way back up. In the Vail Valley, real estate and the construction trades are slow. Bills are piling up. The phones are starting to ring. And who's...

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Crafting Solutions to Debt Collection Complaints

ACA International Crafting Solutions to Debt Collection Complaints (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
International trade association's members exploring new national dispute resolution program and national debt collector registry.