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	<title>insideARM &#187; Patrick Lunsford</title>
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		<title>CFPB Announces Framework to Coordinate Efforts with State Regulators</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), acting on behalf of state financial regulatory authorities, announced Tuesday a framework which establishes a process for coordination on supervision and enforcement matters. The framework will apply in situations where the CFPB and state regulators share concurrent supervisory jurisdiction.]]></description>
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		<title>Payments to ED Student Loan Debt Collectors May Have Been Inaccurate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debt Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Education Collections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent changes to the system that tracks recovery performance in the Department of Education’s (ED) private student loan debt collection contract may have resulted in either overpayments or underpayments to the 23 collection agencies on the contract, according to a report from ED’s Office of the Inspector General.]]></description>
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		<title>Debt Collection Bills Advance in Western States</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/daily/credit-card-accounts-receivable/charge-off/debt-collection-bills-advance-in-western-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charge-off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collection Laws and Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Buying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Collection]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Municipal Receivables]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two bills in major Western U.S. states aimed at reining in debt collection practices have recently advanced in their respective legislative chambers. One targets debt buyers specifically while the other is designed to more tightly control debt collectors working for government clients.]]></description>
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		<title>CFPB Launches Spanish Language Web Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this week announced the launch of a site designed to provide Spanish-speaking Americans with “clear, unbiased information about financial products and services.”]]></description>
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		<title>Another Large UK Debt Collection Deal: Lowell Group Acquires Interlaken Group</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/daily/debt-buying-topics/debt-buying/another-large-uk-debt-collection-deal-lowell-group-acquires-interlaken-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Buying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARM M&A]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lowell Group, a leading purchaser of non-performing consumer debt portfolios in the United Kingdom, today announced the acquisition of Interlaken Group, including its widely known Fredrickson International brand. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, will see ownership of the Surrey-based debt collection agencies group transfer to Lowell Group, along with the 300 plus employees.]]></description>
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		<title>Americans with an Account in Third Party Collections Hits All-Time High&#8230;Again</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/daily/banks-and-credit-grantors/auto-finance-receivables/americans-with-an-account-in-third-party-collections-hits-all-time-high-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auto Finance Receivables]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second straight quarter, the percentage of Americans with at least one account in the third party debt collection system hit an all-time high in the first three months of 2013. Close to 15 percent of consumers have an account being worked by debt collectors.]]></description>
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		<title>UK ARM Giant Cabot Sold in Private Equity Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/daily/debt-buying-topics/debt-buying/uk-arm-giant-cabot-sold-in-private-equity-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debt Collection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AnaCap Financial Partners LLP, a specialist European financial services private equity firm, announced Wednesday the sale of Cabot Credit Management (CCM) to funds managed and advised by J.C. Flowers &#038; Co. LLC. The transaction agreements have been signed, and the transaction is expected to complete imminently.]]></description>
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		<title>UK Debt Collector Liquidates As Part of NCO Acquisition</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/daily/debt-collection-news/debt-collection/uk-debt-collector-liquidates-as-part-of-nco-acquisition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BPO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Collection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A debt collection agency in the United Kingdom is going into voluntary liquidation as a part of its integration with NCO Europe, a Preston, Lancashire-based unit of NCO Group.

Complete Credit Management (CCM) will dissolve and be absorbed by NCO Europe.]]></description>
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		<title>California Sues JPMorgan Chase Over Debt Collection Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/daily/credit-card-accounts-receivable/credit-card-receivables/california-sues-jpmorgan-chase-over-debt-collection-lawsuits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collection Law Firms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collection Laws and Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Card Receivables]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Attorney General Kamala Harris Thursday announced that her office has filed an enforcement action against JPMorgan Chase &#038; Co. alleging that the bank engaged in fraudulent and unlawful debt-collection practices against tens of thousands of Californians.

The suit alleges that Chase engaged in widespread robo-signing of court documents in debt collection cases, among other practices, to commit abuses against approximately 100,000 California credit card borrowers over at least a three-year period.]]></description>
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		<title>Encore Capital Group Announces Record Financial Results and Expanded Credit Facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt Buying]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Debt buyer Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG) late Thursday announced consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.]]></description>
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