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2. Debt collection - Wikipedia

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   Debt collection or cash collection is the process of pursuing payments of money or other agreed-upon value owed to a creditor. The debtors may be individuals or businesses. An organization that specializes in debt collection is known as a collection agency or debt collector. [1] Most collection agencies operate as agents of creditors and ...

3. Credit bureau - Wikipedia

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   A credit bureau is a data collection agency that gathers account information from various creditors and provides that information to a consumer reporting agency in the United States, a credit reference agency in the United Kingdom, a credit reporting body in Australia, a credit information company (CIC) in India, a Special Accessing Entity in the Philippines, and also to private lenders. [1]

4. Debt buyer (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Debt buyer (United States) A debt buyer is a company, sometimes a collection agency, a private debt collection law firm, or a private investor, that purchases delinquent or charged-off debts from a creditor or lender for a percentage of the face value of the debt based on the potential collectibility of the accounts.

5. Consumer bureau orders debt collection agency to shut down ...

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   December 15, 2023 at 3:36 PM. Ting Shen/Bloomberg/Getty Images. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday ordered Commonwealth Financial Systems, a debt collection agency specializing in ...

6. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - Wikipedia

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   The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Pub. L. 95 -109; 91 Stat. 874, codified as 15 U.S.C. § 1692 –1692p, approved on September 20, 1977 (and as subsequently amended), is a consumer protection amendment, establishing legal protection from abusive debt collection practices, to the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as Title VIII of ...

7. NCO Group - Wikipedia

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   NCO Group, Inc., based in Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States, [2] is a business process outsourcing company and collection agency that provides accounts receivable management, customer relationship management and back office solutions [buzzword] for its clients. Founded in 1926, it was a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: NCOG) from 1996 ...

8. ACA International - Wikipedia

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   ACA International is a trade group located in the United States representing debt collection agencies, creditors, debt buyers, collection attorneys, and debt collection industry service providers. Founded in 1939 as the American Collectors Association, the organization changed its name to ACA International in 2001; it is based in Minneapolis ...

9. Fair Credit Reporting Act - Wikipedia

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   The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., is federal legislation enacted to promote the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of consumer information contained in the files of consumer reporting agencies. It was intended to shield consumers from the willful and/or negligent inclusion of erroneous data in their credit reports.