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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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DEBT CONNECTION SYMPOSIUM AND EXPO 2009 NEW ROUND TABLE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED
Dennis and Judy Hammond are pleased to welcome Barry Dumser from First Citizens Bank and Steve Holifield from State Farm Bank to the Debt Connection Symposium and Expo™ 2009 speaker line up. As part of the new DCS Round Tables on Wednesday afternoon, September 16, 2009, Mr. Dumser will present a round table on Non-Traditional Collections, exploring a number of innovative collection options to address these challenging times. Mr. Holifield will discuss First Party Placement and Vendor Management Strategies.
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LIVEVOX ENHANCES PREDICTIVE PACING FEATURE FOR CONTINUED OPTIMIZATION OF DIALER CAMPAIGNS
Credit and Collections Organizations leverage unlimited dialing capacity and precise campaign pacing to achieve 60% or more agent talk time.
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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. ANNOUNCES JULY AUDITING MONTH WEBINAR SERIES
Resource Management Services, Inc. announces July Auditing Month Webinar Series Conducted by Bev Evancic, Vice President, Resource Management Services, Inc., and author of Recovery Management: Collecting the Uncollectible Account.

Resource Management Services is taking this opportunity to announce a new product offering short-subject training webinars. We're declaring July "Agency Auditing Month" and providing three short subject auditing training classes or webinars.

Travel budgets are tight, but it doesn't mean you don't need to go without training, or not be up-to-date on the latest ideas and techniques for agency management and agency auditing. July focuses on Agency Auditing with 3 webinars: July 8th - Agency Auditing 101, July 15th, Auditing Legal Efforts (Agency or Attorney) and July 22nd, Auditing Payments and Remittances. Each webinar is one hour in length, and cost is only $89. With record placements to agencies, and record bankruptcies of agencies, it just might be time for you to declare Agency Auditing Training Month for you and/or your department.

For more information go to http://www.resourcemanagement.com/training.html or click here

JPMORGAN TO CHARGE 5% ON CARD BALANCE TRANSFERS, CASH ADVANCES
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is raising some balance-transfer fees on credit cards to 5 percent, the highest among the nation's largest banks, citing increasing regulations and costs after the U.S. put new curbs on the industry.
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TJMAXX SETTLES CREDIT CARD CASE
TJMaxx and its sister companies will pay Vermont $272,600 to settle a multistate case involving the data breach of customer credit and debit cards, the Vermont Attorney General's office announced Tuesday.
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LOST JOBS FORCING MORE OUT OF HOMES
WASHINGTON - The nation's foreclosure crisis - once largely confined to only a few corners of the country - is spreading to new areas as the economy teeters. The foreclosure rates in 40 of the nation's counties that have the most households have already doubled from last year, a USA TODAY analysis of data from the listing firm RealtyTrac shows.
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$6 BILLION AVAILABLE TO BUY FORECLOSED HOMES
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Home prices are at their most affordable in many years, which has opened up homeownership to many who had been locked out during the housing boom. And now, the federal government -- and many states - are launching plans to hook up buyers of repossessed properties with very attractive terms.
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FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARING ON CONSUMER PROTECTION
Washington, DC - Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, today announced the Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 24, titled "Regulatory Restructuring: Enhancing Consumer Financial Products Regulation." It will be the second hearing the Committee has held on regulatory restructuring since President Obama unveiled his proposal, and the 21st Committee hearing in 2009 on increasing oversight of financial institutions and improving consumer protections.
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PCI DSS AND STORAGE OF CREDIT CARD DATA
The PCI (Payment Card Industry) Data Security Standard is all-encompassing, setting a standard for security and protective measures for merchants who store credit card information.
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TIGHTENING CREDIT PUTS A SQUEEZE ON BUSINESS OWNERS
Businesses that depended on credit cards to make purchases and manage monthly cash flow are paying higher interest, having trouble opening new lines or seeing existing ones canceled.
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STATE LAW CONTRIBUTES TO STATE BANKRUPTCY RATES, NEW STUDY SAYS
People have long considered how a state's bankruptcy rate reflects the demographics of its residents, but a new study by two BYU economists found state law and state bankruptcy court norms also contribute to a state's bankruptcy rate.
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TRANSUNION ALERTS COLLECTORS OF ACCOUNTS INVOLVED IN COLLECTION LITIGATION
CHICAGO, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- TransUnion announced today that it will utilize data from FDCPA Case Listing Service LLC to provide an added feature for batch records delivered via TransUnion's Collections Prioritization Engine. The new solution is named FDCPA Case Search and allows TransUnion to alert collectors about accounts that may have previously been involved in FDCPA litigation to assist collectors in determining strategy.
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FTC STOPS FORECLOSURE PREVENTION MARKETERS WHO MISREPRESENTED THEIR SERVICES AND MISLED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY BUYERS
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has halted a bogus mortgage foreclosure prevention operation that misrepresented both the "loss mitigation" services it offered and the earnings potential of the business opportunity it sold. The FTC seeks to end this deceptive scheme and make the defendants give up their ill-gotten gains.
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$1,739,860.00     Other
Glengarry Capital, LLC
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$3,772,167.00     Credit Cards
Allied Associated
http://www.debtconnection.com/portfolio.asp?723
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http://www.debtconnection.com/moreinfo.asp?4073

$957,565.00     Checks
Allied Associated
http://www.debtconnection.com/portfolio.asp?722
More information about this company can be found here:
http://www.debtconnection.com/moreinfo.asp?4073

$3,457,313.00     Credit Cards
Allied Associated
http://www.debtconnection.com/portfolio.asp?721
More information about this company can be found here:
http://www.debtconnection.com/moreinfo.asp?4073

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I.C. SYSTEM, INC
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BEST CORPORATE SERVICES, LLC.
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Industry Events

NACTT 44th Annual Meeting
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees
Marriott Copley Place
Boston, MA
July 1 - 4, 2009
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ACA Int'l's 70th Annual Convention & Expo
ACA International
Wynn Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
July 13 - 15, 2009
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Northeast Bankruptcy Conference and Consumer Forum
American Bankruptcy Institute
The Mount Washington Resort
Bretton Woods, NH
July 16 - 19, 2009
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NAFCU 42nd Annual Conference & Exhibition
National Association of Federal Credit Unions
Gaylord National on the Potomac
National Harbor, MD
July 21 - 25, 2009
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Debt Connection Symposium and Expo® 2009
Resouce Management Services, Inc.
El Conquistador Resort & Golden Door® Spa
El Conquistador, Puerto Rico
September 15 - 17, 2009
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Recovery Management Strategies & Techniques
Resouce Management Services, Inc.
Hyatt Place Ontario Mills
Ontario, CA
October 6 - 7, 2009
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Buyer/Seller 101
The Debt Marketplace, Inc.
Embassy Suites
Downey, California
October 13 - 14, 2009
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