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BillingTree is continuing its tradition of contributing to the annual holiday campaign Season for Sharing by The Arizona Republic and KPNX-TV in Phoenix to raise awareness and dollars for non-profit organizations that help people in need in Arizona.
BillingTree, a DBA International affiliate member company in Phoenix, has committed to part of the $500,000 […]
The City of Philadelphia announced that the Department of Revenue will hold a second internet-based real estate tax lien sale auction, which will run from December 16-18, 2015 and be hosted by Real Auction, LLC. Following the success of the June pilot, the real estate tax lien sale auction will include approximately 2,500 properties.
The auction site […]
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, December 11, 2015
New Jersey-based debt collection agency MRS BPO, LLC, one of the country’s premiere accounts receivable management firms, continued its tradition of partnering with the Salvation Army to help provide gifts for children in need.
For the past six years, MRS employees have brought smiles and laughter to many children in […]
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Advocacy
DBA serves as the voice of the debt buying industry, […]
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Navient employees contributed more than $18,000 in gifts to help provide a happy holiday for 67 area children in need. The Think of the Child First program is a partnership between Navient and the Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health with the state of Delaware.
For the seventh year in […]
On Friday, the employees of our Jacksonville, Florida office got together to not only have some holiday fun, but to focus on something much more important: supporting those in need.
Toys are one of the most important tools in facilitating learning and play, however many children in our community in unfortunate circumstances don’t have immediate […]
DBA International Succeeds in Amending GLBA Privacy Notice
New law anticipated to save debt buyers millions of dollars annually
On Monday, December 7th, the President signed into law H.R. 601, the “Eliminate Privacy Confusion Act.” H.R. 601 amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) to eliminate debt buyers’ current requirement that they send an annual privacy notice to […]
New Licensing Requirements for Massachusetts Collection Law Firms
The Massachusetts Division of Banks (DOB) declared that Massachusetts collection law firms are required to be licensed as debt collectors under Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 92, § 24 et. seq.
The November 2, 2015 letter from the Massachusetts DOB addressed whether a law firm, self-described as “overwhelmingly concentrated in […]
Panelists at U.K. conference discuss opportunities and regulatory environment for debt purchasers
Sacramento, Calif. (November 24, 2015) – At Credit Today’s Collections, Debt Sale and Purchase Conference in Manchester, England on November 18, Jan Stieger DBA International’s Executive Director participated on two panels: Setting Up and Expanding into New Markets; and Consolidation, Diversification and Future of […]
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 20, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Students of elementary schools in the region will soon get brand new books in their classrooms. Navient Foundation, the company-sponsored philanthropic fund, contributed nearly $50,000 to Reading Is Fundamental, the nation’s largest literacy nonprofit organization. The nonprofit is dedicated to providing children in need with modern and enriching literacy resources […]