Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, there is a push for allowing remote work for typically non-remote jobs in order to slow the spread of the virus. In order to protect the health and safety of our colleagues and friends in the industry, The iA Institute announced today that it will make its Strategy & Tech conference virtual. Similarly, several state regulators have taken this issue seriously and have relaxed their work-from-home licensing requirements for debt collection agents. Typically, in order to work out of their residence, a debt collector would need to register his or her address as a branch office with state regulators. Several states are temporarily allowing an exception to this requirement.
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