Alternative Lending: The New Frontier for the ARM Industry?

Tim Bauer
President, the iA Institute

There have been many articles written and presentations made at conferences on the future of the ARM industry. If you are in this industry, you would have to be living under a rock not to know that the long –time industry bell cow, Credit Card collections, is still in the doldrums.  We have also seen and heard multiple pronouncements that Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management and traditional third party collection of Healthcare accounts are growth opportunities.  Likewise we have all heard that Student Loan and Government receivables are growing and potentially lucrative areas for ARM firms, but each comes with high barriers to entry.

So, what else is there?