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A Guide To The Collection Agency Surety Bond
Without a surety bond, many businesses cannot lawfully operate in their company. These bonds act as risk-mitigation accessories that work more like credit rather than insurance. Many times, surety bonds are three-party accords involving a business, a customer and a surety agency. In the situation that the association cannot achieve its designated or contracted jobs, the person is secured from financial disaster.
Six Ways To Shop Better
The next time you are out shopping use these helpful hints to protect your wallet and finances!
Scranton Tax Payers Might Have Received A Collection Letter They May Not Have Deserved
More than 200 Scranton taxpayers might have received a letter from a collection company they didn’t deserve. The notices are for unpaid garbage fees that may have actually been paid. According to officials, the garbage bill itself for 2009 could be to blame for more than 200 collection notices sent to city taxpayers in error last week.
Ohio “Pay To Stay” Prison Program Miserable Failure
In the counties of Butler and Hamilton, Ohio, the sheriff’s departments attempted to collect money from inmates to pay for the cost of their stay at jail. An all around failure, the program stopped a few weeks ago after it cost taxpayers $69,000 to settle a federal lawsuit. The state auditor halted the program because it wasn’t generating any income.
Red Flag Rules That Retailers Must Obey
On November First of 2009, financial institutions and other creditors were ordered to comply with the Red Flag provisions of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003. The purpose of the Red Flag rules is to mitigate and prevent identity theft. Identity theft could be defined as any fraud involving people getting particular benefits by pretending to be someone else.
Toll Booths In Texas Shape Up And Ship Out
In Dallas, the North Texas Tollway Authority, an authority that is responsible for collecting tolls, has been scrutinized for months due to its toll collecting policy. This policy charges drivers who do not pay up at the toll booth fines of hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars. Because the NTTA has been under fire in the public eye, it announced today two steps it says that will target improving customer satisfaction.
So Called Debt Collector Scams Seventeen Victims
A debt collector in Williamsville recently pleaded guilty to scamming a local bank in a fraud that caused his nearly two dozen victims to lose $440,000. Noah Schapiro, the man who ran the fraud was told by the State Supreme Court he will probably face a prison term of six to twelve years and will that he will be forced to sign confessions of judgment for his whole scam to seventeen debt investors and the Citizens Bank.
Red Flag Rules Retailers Must Obey
On November First of 2009, financial institutions and other creditors were ordered to comply with the Red Flag provisions of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003. The purpose of the Red Flag rules is to mitigate and prevent identity theft. Identity theft could be defined as any fraud involving people getting particular benefits by pretending to be someone else.
More Americans Forced Into Making The Decision Between Shelter And The Bare Necessities
In the past couple of years, more Americans in a financial bind due to lack of income have made the choice to prioritize credit card payments over mortgage payments. With the close of 2009 statistics illustrated that twice as many debtors were delinquent when it came to paying their mortgage while paying credit card payments rather than paying their mortgages off first and then credit card bills.
