A debt buyer is a firm that purchases debt from another company, usually a creditor or bank, at a deeply discounted rate. The debt purchaser then attempts to collect the debt through its own operations or through the use of a third-party debt collection agency. Some debt buyers may sell all or part of the debt to another party at a profit. Most debt buyers are small and privately held, though there is a handful of publicly traded debt buying companies. Recent changes in law and legal rulings have seen the debt buying industry regulated like collection agencies, or servicers of debt, rather than creditors, or owners of the debt. Debt buyers must adhere to the FDCPA.
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Strategic BCP Maps Business Continuity Best Practices ?Genome?
12 September 2006
Garnet Capital Opens Office in Atlanta, GA
12 September 2006
NCO Group Announces Settlement with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 September 2006
Hudson & Keyse, L.L.C. Announces Expansion Opening a North Carolina Facility
12 September 2006
West Asset Management Announces Purchase of Health Care Receivables Portfolio and New Cash Acceleration Program
12 September 2006
Velocity Asset Management Announces a 158% Increase in December Year-Over-Year Collections
12 September 2006
National Loan Exchange, Inc. Announces Changes in Resale Structure
12 September 2006
YouveGotClaims Demonstrates Benefits to Debt Buying Industry
12 September 2006
Asta Funding Announces Closing of Expanded Credit Facility of $125 Million
12 September 2006
Debt Resolve Offers New Business Continuity Solutions for Collections
12 September 2006
Encore Capital Group, Inc. to Present at the Brean Murray, Carret & Co. Small Cap Institutional Investor Conference '06
12 September 2006
Second Consecutive Record-Breaking Year in the Accounts Receivable Management Industry
12 September 2006
Portfolio Recovery Owes a Big Debt to Skilled Management
12 September 2006
Debt Collection Industry Gets More Media Coverage
12 September 2006
ARM Index Down Year over Year
12 September 2006
Asta Funding to Present at the Brean Murray, Carret Small Cap Institutional Investor Conference '06
12 September 2006
People First Recoveries Announces Move to Larger Facility
12 September 2006
National Loan Exchange Announces the Opening of its Southern California Office
12 September 2006
Genesis Announces Significant Expansion to Meet Demands of New Acquisition
12 September 2006
Collections Institute of Canada Ltd. Announces Name Change and Strategic Alliance
12 September 2006