In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to debt collection. If debt collection in 2023 had a theme it would be medical debt. Medical debt woes transcend political parties and affect nearly all demographic groups. As the CFPB has pointed out, and as almost every American knows, medical bills are confusing and insurance disputes are common. The CFPB took aggressive action in 2023 to curb medical debt collection practices and to ensure that medical debt collectors are collecting on accurate, undisputed amounts.
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GENESEO, N.Y. -- Coast Professional, Inc. (Coast) is pleased to announce the promotion of Lisa Reese to Senior Vice President of Compliance. With more than 26 years of experience in collections and a wealth of knowledge from a number of departments including Compliance, Operations, and Auditing, Ms. Reese began her career at Coast in 2018 as the Senior Director of Compliance. She later earned a promotion to Vice President of Compliance. Throughout her tenure at Coast, she has provided leadership and support to teams of legal, quality assurance, training, and Compliance employees while maintaining a track record of protecting consumer rights.
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On February 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant a debt collector’s (the defendant) motion for judgment. The defendant argued that its efforts to collect plaintiff’s charged-off debt via a proof of claim in a bankruptcy proceeding was not limited by, or in violation of, the Pennsylvania Consumer Discount Company Act (CDCA). The plaintiff, who obtained a loan from a third-party small-dollar lender licensed under the CDCA, defaulted on the loan and the licensed lender subsequently charged off and sold plaintiff’s debt to a company that was not licensed under the CDCA.
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