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SACRAMENTO, CA, November 20, 2014 – DBA International, the voice of the debt buying industry, supports U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s recent actions that ended an alleged multi-million dollar debt collection scam targeting consumers in 50 states.
The owner and six employees of Williams, Scott and Associates (WSA) were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit wire […]
SACRAMENTO, CA, November 13, 2014 – DBA International, the voice of the debt buying industry, commends the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on its leadership role in the recently announced security measures that provide guidance to ensure that adequate security protocols are followed which offer greater protection of consumer data during the review of portfolios in […]
DBA International Applauds New FTC Security Measure on the Sharing of Portfolio Data
Federal Trade Commission works with trade association in developing best practices on the sharing of portfolio
data in the buying and selling of consumer debt
SACRAMENTO, CA, November 13, 2014 – DBA International, the voice of the debt buying industry, commends the Federal […]
Sacramento, CA, November 7, 2014 – DBA International, the voice of the debt buying industry, today announced the addition of Helen Mac Murray as its attorney general consultant and Perry Communications Group, Inc. (PCG) as its new public affairs agency.
A founding member of the highly regarded law firm Mac Murray, Petersen & Shuster, LLP, Mac […]
ROANOKE, VA — Oct. 29, 2014 – Atlantic Credit & Finance, a subsidiary of Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG), an international specialty finance company, today announced that it helped raise $61,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia. For the ninth straight year, Atlantic sponsored the Skins Game Golf Tournament that […]
Sacramento, CA, October 22, 2014 – DBA International (DBA) announced the first certified collection law firm under its expanded Certified Professional Receivables Company (CPRC) program. Within weeks of the program expansion, G. Reynolds Sims & Associates, P.C. completed the process and was approved at the October 16, 2014 meeting of the DBA Certification Council Administration […]
Sacramento, CA, October 22, 2014 – DBA International (DBA) announced the first certified collection law firm under its expanded Certified Professional Receivables Company (CPRC) program. Within weeks of the program expansion, G. Reynolds Sims & Associates, P.C. completed the process and was approved at the October 16, 2014 meeting of the DBA Certification Council Administration […]
Don Maurice retained to provide legal counsel to debt buying industry
Sacramento, CA, October 21, 2014 – DBA International, the voice of the debt buying industry, announced the addition of Don Maurice as a legal consultant specializing in state and federal legislative activities.
President of Maurice & Needleman, P.C., Maurice brings more than 25 years of experience […]
Sacramento, CA, October 8, 2014 – DBA International (DBA) announced today it will now be accepting applications from collection law firms and third party collection agencies who wish to earn DBA’s Certified Professional Receivables Company (CPRC) designation. Version 2.1 of DBA International’s Certification Program was developed after an extensive six month program review that […]
Sacramento, CA, October 8, 2014 – DBA International (DBA) announced today it will now be accepting applications from collection law firms and third party collection agencies who wish to earn DBA’s Certified Professional Receivables Company (CPRC) designation. Version 2.1 of DBA International’s Certification Program was developed after an extensive six month program review that studied […]