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If your creditor has sued you and won an arbitration award can you still pay off your original debt with a credit counseling agency like Care One?
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Do you need to include account numbers for both the collection agency and the original creditor on your bankruptcy form?
Include the original account number if you are including the original creditor. Include the account number for the collection agency if you do not have the orignal creditor information and are including them as "Care Of" for service.
Do you still need to pay a company if you are paying a collection agency for the charged off debt?
No, as they are the legal agent of the original Creditor and the arrangements made with the collection agency are binding on the original Creditor.
What is does it mean for an original creditor to recall their collection?
Recall of a debt by a creditor is when the original creditor asks for the debt to be returned to them after they have sold it, often to a collection agency. This may occur if the debt has not been collected for a certain amount of time, and the debt will be sold to another agency to collect, or if the debtor offers the original creditor a settlement.
Can you pay an original creditor after the debt is sold to a collector?
No, the collection agency is now the rightful owner of the debt in question and the original creditor has removed the account from their books.
Can the original creditor direct their collections agency to have an account removed from a credit report?
THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WILL BE ABLE TO HELP WITH REMOVING AN ACCOUNT BY REPORTING THIS TO THE BUREAUS. DO FIND OUT IF THEIR IS A NECESSARY STEP IN CONTACTING THE COLLECTION AGENCY FOR THESE SERVICES TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
What does it mean if the original creditor recalls your account from the debt collection agency?
Same thing happened to me..... what does this mean? I have not heard anything back from original creditor and was making timely montly payments to collection agency... I am confused and a little scared
Is the original creditor required to notify you of debt before using a third party collection agency?
Yes, the original creditor should have notified you that you had an outstanding balance. The creditor also notifies you that they will be submitting your debt to a "third party" collection agency. This is usually the final notice before your debt is sold. If you never received a notice, it is not required that the original creditor send you notice, all it is is common curiosity that they do.
Why original creditors sale accounts to a collection agency?
Original creditors sale their accounts to collection agencies when the account has been past due and they have not effectively collected. At that time, the original creditor will charge off the balance from their accounts receivable and turn the account over to a collection agency. When the collection agency collects the debt, a portion of the amount received is paid the the collection agency and the remainder is returned to the original creditor as profit.
Collection acct removed but original creditor still remains?
Yes, reporting to your credit by a collections agency does not effect the reporting originally made by your creditor. It most normal cases you would see the original creditor having reporting the account as a "charge off" regardless of any reporting made by a collections agency afterwords.
How can you verify the date of your last transaction if the original creditor does not appear on your credit report?
If this is going through a collection agency you can tell them what you need to verify it was your debt and they have to get it from the original creditor. They have to get you whatever you need to verify it was your debt.
Can a collection agency report you to the credit bureau if you are making monthly payments on your medical bill?
If the debt was properly assigned by the original creditor, yes. If you are making payments to the Original creditor than ask them to pull it back from there Collection agency, then dispute with the CRA's and when they update it should delete
In Arkansas can a collection agency sue you if the original creditor accepts payment on the debt?
If the debt was sold to a collection agency and the original creditor accepted payment AFTER the debt was sold, the money does not belong to them. If, however, you paid the debt and it was mistakingly sol after that payment, the collection agency can't try to collect. If you have proof of payment, forward it to the collection agency and deman in writing that they cease trying to collect this debt.
