The third-party debt collection industry is at a crossroads: Either modernize and adopt a consumer-centric approach or continue to face headwinds. While third-party collectors may find obstacles along the road ahead, there are also opportunities — if you know where to look.
TransUnion’s Javier Alvarado takes a deep dive into their first-ever annual report focusing exclusively on third-party debt collection: The State of Third-Party Collections 2019: Challenges, Trends and Innovations.
Key takeaways include:
- How compliance and regulation has made it tough to innovate.
- Brace yourself: The biggest expense for firms is expected to grow.
- The new, more effective consumer communication channels collectors are exploring as they await guidelines from the CFPB.
- Skip tracing? Batching? Speech analytics? The technologies forward-thinking agencies are deploying.
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