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Today's Headlines

	FTC Issues Advisory Opinion to ACA International Regarding FDCPA - FCRA Conflict
	Card Chargeoffs Accelerate, Break 10 Percent Barrier in May

Editor's Picks

	Collection rates up, but councils due £1m in unpaid tax (The Herald)
	Beware of the debt trap (Helsinki Times)
	Wells Fargo makes more job cuts (InsideBayArea.com)
	Hard times offer boost for debt collectors (Boston Globe)
	Irresponsible credit card companies targeted in consumer shake-up (telegraph.co.uk)

Blogs insideARM

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insideARM Analysis

Are We There Yet? Liquidation Performance A Key Indicator of Economic Recovery There may be no industry that has a better understanding of consumer financial health than the accounts receivable management industry. Kaulkin Ginsberg looks at the correlation between recovery data and the end of the recession.

You Said It

ARM Firms to Get New Regulator Under Treasury Proposal Issued this Week
Any agency who is licensed nationally and has been victimized by the so called consumer advocate attorneys just looks at this as yet another abuser who at least isn't reaching their hands into our pockets.

-Not too concerned

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