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THE DEBT MARKETPLACE - AT A GLANCE
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Friday, November 11, 2005

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DEBT BUYERS' ASSOCIATION "RACING FOR DEBT"
Debt Buyers' Association is holding it's 9th Annual DBA Conference on Tuesday, February 7th through Thursday, February 9th, 2006 at The Mirage Casino-Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Buyers and Sellers of Debt Portfolios, Collection Attorneys, Agencies and Recovery Professionals, Consumer Lenders, Investment Bankers and Consulting Agencies, as well as Industry Vendors are all welcome to participate.

This years line up will include informative speakers and presentations to keep you and your company up-to-date about industry topics and emerging concerns. You will also have plenty of time to meet and network with other industry professionals and of course participate in the Annual Golf Classic being held at the Paiute Golf Resort.

Information can be found at the Debt Buyers' Association Website:
http://www.debtbuyers.com/event.php3 or by phone (562) 903-7222.

CRITICS SLAM PROPOSED DATA BREACH NOTIFICATION LAW
A proposed nationwide law that would require companies to notify consumers of data breaches involving their confidential information is being criticized by some security experts as being too ambiguous to be effective.
http://www2.csoonline.com/blog_view.html?CID=14367

FTC SHUTS DOWN SPYWARE OPERATION
An operation that uses the lure of free lyric files, browser upgrades, and ring tones to download spyware and adware on consumers' computers has been ordered to halt its illegal downloads by a U.S. District Court at the request of the Federal Trade Commission.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/11/enternet.htm

TESTIMONY OF GOVERNOR SUSAN SCHMIDT BIES
Chairman Shelby, Senator Sarbanes, and members of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, I thank you for the opportunity to join my colleagues from the other federal banking agencies to discuss the current status of Basel II in this country, as well as the status of proposed amendments to our existing Basel I-based capital rules.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/testimony/2005/20051110/default.htm

TSYS HELPS BANK OF IRELAND WITH NEW LOAN CREDIT CARDS
Using TSYS technology, Bank of Ireland has launched a new credit card for the United Kingdom Post Office that allows customers to treat certain transactions as installment loans.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/business/13114024.htm

NV SENATE BILL NO. 431-COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND LABOR
AN ACT relating to financial institutions; establishing requirements
relating to applications for certain licenses; establishing
additional grounds for refusing to issue or for suspending or
revoking certain licenses;... Click link for more information (PDF).
http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/SB/SB431_EN.pdf

BANKRUPTCY FILINGS SPIKED IN OCTOBER
More than 5,600 Utahns filed for bankruptcy in October, topping the number of filings during the previous three months combined.
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635159525,00.html

A LOOK AT FAIR LENDING THROUGH THE LENS OF THE NEW HMDA DATA
I want to thank Joe Belew and the Consumers Bankers Association for inviting me to be with you here this morning. I am especially pleased to speak at this particular Annual Fair Lending Conference because it gives me an opportunity to discuss fair lending in the context of the new pricing data that were collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) for the first time this year.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/BoardDocs/Speeches/2005/20051107/default.htm

WAL-MART BANKING MOVE STIRS RECORD COMMENT
Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, is optimistic that it will get permission to open a state bank in Utah to handle credit card processing, in spite of an unprecedented wave of lobbying by opponents in the banking community.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9950740/

INTERNET BANKING 'SAFER'
If you do banking over the Internet, generally the drill is pretty simple: You enter your user name and password, and away you go.
http://www.detnews.com/2005/money/0511/07/C03-373726.htm

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DEBTCONNECTION.COM CONTINUES TO GROW & EXPAND
The industry Website, http://www.debtconnection.com continues to grow tremendously and expands with new listings daily. Find portfolios, buyers, sellers and industry service providers such as consultants, agencies, products and more.

NEWEST ADDITIONS AND UPDATES TO DEBTCONNECTION.COM

PORTFOLIOS FOR SALE
To view all listed portfolios and contact information on
DEBTCONNECTION.COM check:
http://www.debtconnection.com/portfolioforsale.asp
New additions and updates this week include:

$862,692.00 Judgments
WorldWide Debt Exchange
Information on this portfolio:
http://www.debtconnection.com/portfolio.asp?219
Information about this company:
http://www.debtconnection.com/moreinfo.asp?1690

DEBT BUYERS
To view all listed debt buyers and contact information on
DEBTCONNECTION.COM check:
http://www.debtconnection.com/debtbuyers.asp
New additions and updates this week include:

First Amherst Financial of Colorado, LLC
303-331-8072

Account Collection Service
360-903-8763

Judgment Recovery Experts
209-848-1889

AGENCIES
To view all listed agencies and contact information on
DEBTCONNECTION.COM check
http://www.debtconnection.com/agencies.asp
New additions and updates this week include:

Convergent Resources Inc.
631-803-0749

Account Collection Service
360-903-8763

CONSULTANTS
To view all listed consultants and contact information on
DEBTCONNECTION.COM check:
http://www.debtconnection.com/blisting.asp?13
New additions this week include:

Hispanic Call Centers
214-413-2082

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