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Sacramento, Calif. (February 11, 2015) – DBA International elected Kaye Dreifuerst as president during the association’s 18th Annual Conference. Dreifuerst begins her term on the heels of a very successful conference where the overall mood in the industry appeared to be shifting to a more balanced and optimistic view of the future.
An industry veteran with […]
Sacramento, Calif. (January 30, 2015) – The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) has announced that Jan Stieger, Executive Director of DBA International has earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE®) designation. The CAE is the highest professional credential in the association industry.
“The CAE credential is the hallmark for a committed association professional,” said Bryan Faliero, […]
DBA International is hosting a one-day comprehensive symposium on New York State’s rapidly evolving rules and regulations for the collection of debt in the Empire State. Hear directly from the representatives from the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA) as they discuss, take audience […]
When first-grader Gracie Baxter Smith goes to school, she enters a classroom named after the College of Charleston. She knows its song. She’s learned what year she’ll graduate from high school and go to college herself. She wants to be a nurse.
Yet she goes to Meeting Street Elementary @ Brentwood, a public elementary school in […]
Yesterday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a collection letter offering a “settlement” on a debt subject to an expired limitations period (sometimes called a “time-barred debt”), could violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. The decision in Buchanan v. Northland Group only allows the FDCPA […]
The DBA International Board of Directors and Certification Council have adopted version 3.0 of its Certification Program. By establishing uniform national standards of best practice, DBA International is able to ensure that its certified members are exceeding the consumer protection requirements of state and federal law. Unlike prior revisions, the changes contained in version 3.0 […]
On July 18, 2013, Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), the Chair of the House Ways & Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security, introduced H.R. 2720, which would address access to the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File.
Under provisions of the bill, […]
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG), an international specialty finance company, today announced it is providing $124,000 in scholarships to students at 43 community colleges across the country, as part of its new national program, […]
December 3, 2014 (Sacramento, CA) – DBA International recognizes and appreciates the time and effort that the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) spent thoughtfully analyzing and accommodating the concerns DBA International brought forth in our October 1, 2013 and August 15, 2014 correspondence as part of the rulemaking process leading to the […]
Sacramento, Calif. (November 21, 2014) – At Credit Today’s Collections Debt Sale and Purchase Conference in Manchester, England on Thursday, November 20, DBA International discussed the debt buying market in the United State and Europe on a panel titled “International Collections and Debt Sales.” More than 200 people attended the panel discussion.
Panel participants included Jan […]