A debt buyer is a firm that purchases debt from another company, usually a creditor or bank, at a deeply discounted rate. The debt purchaser then attempts to collect the debt through its own operations or through the use of a third-party debt collection agency. Some debt buyers may sell all or part of the debt to another party at a profit. Most debt buyers are small and privately held, though there is a handful of publicly traded debt buying companies. Recent changes in law and legal rulings have seen the debt buying industry regulated like collection agencies, or servicers of debt, rather than creditors, or owners of the debt. Debt buyers must adhere to the FDCPA.
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Credit Eco To Go: A State of the ARM Industry Discussion
21 September 2020
CFPB Sues Encore for Issues Related to Collection Litigation and Time-Barred Debts (and the Irony Behind Some of These Claims)
9 September 2020
Colorado Proposed Debt Collection Rule Changes, Stakeholder Meeting Scheduled
13 August 2020
Breakdown of NYC DCA FAQs and Reporting Requirements for New LEP Rule
10 August 2020
How Your Peers are Handling Strategy & Tech Issues, Data Straight from the iAST Polls
22 July 2020
OCC Issues Final Rule to Fix Madden, and Clarify the Validity of the ‘Valid When Made’ Doctrine
3 June 2020
Building Spring Oaks Capital During a Pandemic: A Conversation with Marcelo Aita
28 April 2020
Moral of the Story: Web Payment Portals Need Time-Barred Debt Disclosures if Applicable
28 April 2020
Washington State Enacts Legislation Targeting Consumer Debt Purchasers
27 April 2020
Massachusetts Releases FAQs About Its COVID-19 Guidance
6 April 2020
Illinois Regulator Issues Guidance to Collectors and Debt Buyers: You're Not "Essential," But Here's What You Can Do
31 March 2020
New York Temporarily Halts Collection on Medical, Student Debt Owed to the State
18 March 2020
Time-Barred Debt SNPRM Comment Clock Starts Ticking
2 March 2020
Quick FDPCA Stats from the iA Case Law Tracker
27 February 2020
Whitepaper on Debt Collection Released by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors
13 February 2020
Mass. AG Enters $4M Settlement with PRA for Allegedly Violating Consumer Protection Laws
11 November 2019
Three Hot Topics—and Some Partisan Squabbling—Highlighted at Kraninger's Congressional Hearing
17 October 2019
Court Trebles TCPA Damages Against Debt Collector for Using Skip-Traced Numbers, Awards ~$300k
2 October 2019
In-Depth Discussion of Hot Topics from House Fin. Servs. Committee Debt Collection Hearing
30 September 2019
Lively Debt Collection Debate Likely in House Fin. Servs. Committee Hearing Tomorrow
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