Oliver completes acquisition of Lawgix Services

Walker White

April 4, 2023

Oliver completes acquisition of legal managed services provider to deliver full-service platform to U.S. creditors

The combination of Oliver’s software-as-a-service technology with the managed services capabilities of Lawgix Services creates an end-to-end solution to deliver efficient recoveries for the default management industry.

WASHINGTON, D. C. — 04 APRIL 2023 — Oliver Technology Corporation (“Oliver”), the leading debt collection software platform, has announced that it completed the acquisition of Lawgix Services, the leading provider of managed services for collections litigation. Oliver now is uniquely able to provide creditors a complete solution for the entire collections litigation process, with expertise in collections law, process engineering, and technology.

Walker White will continue as CEO of the combined organization, and John Ritter, who served as CEO at Lawgix Services, has assumed the role of President.

“This acquisition marks a critical step forward for us in bringing the Oliver vision to life: foster a consumer lending lifecycle that is precise, fair, and compliant,” said Walker White, CEO of the combined organization. “I look forward to all that is ahead for this company, and I am delighted to be working alongside John to get it done.”

Oliver is working to transform the default management market to the benefit of all parties.  To achieve that, Oliver enables lenders to efficiently collect debts they are rightly owed while maintaining rigorous compliance and preserving their reputation.
With the acquisition of Lawgix Services, Oliver now delivers both a secure and efficient SaaS platform and industry-leading managed services to facilitate legal, operational, and financial transactions across all stakeholders in the default management process.  Oliver’s vision is that combination will improve the process for all parties – including consumers.

As CEO, Walker White continues to have primary responsibility for managing investors and raising capital. John Ritter will take on the role of President, focusing on executing strategy by managing day-to-day operations and collaborating with Mr. White and the senior leadership team. Their combined backgrounds in leadership roles in software-as-a-service (SaaS) software companies and FinTech lay the foundation for Oliver’s transformational vision of the default management process.

“This is a new day for Oliver and the first step toward a new vision for the default management industry,” said Mr. Ritter. “I am delighted to be leading Oliver’s world-class business alongside Walker and look forward to delivering on our mission and vision.”

To learn more about Oliver, please visit: www.olivertechnology.com.

Media Contact:
Oliver Technology Corporation
Amy Hinzmann, Chief Revenue Officer
amy.hinzmann@olivertechnology.com
+1 888-699-2480

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Three metrics that drive collection litigation performance

Walker White

January 5, 2023

You can’t manage what you can’t measure. That’s as true for collections litigation as for any other aspect of business. Yet most creditors farm out their accounts and have little visibility into how their litigation strategy is working.

To ensure that their litigation is producing maximum recoveries with minimum cost, creditors need to track all of their accounts with consistent and timely measures. Thankfully, this is becoming easier now that cloud-based litigation management platforms can collect and standardize information from all of a creditor’s law firms, regardless of the matter management software they use.

Here are the three metrics that give creditors the best control of their collections litigation:

Net Recoveries

The overall figure is important, but the real power comes from the ability to drill down into the components: how recoveries and expenses vary by location, vendor, product type, and other variables. Lenders can use these insights to optimize the litigation process and also to adjust future lending to tighten standards in areas where net recoveries are low. 

Velocity

The effective return of a litigation program depends as much on the speed of recoveries as the amount. Monitor each step of the process by number of accounts and dollar value:

  • Placement Acknowledgment
  • Demand letter
  • Lawsuit
  • Judgment
  • Asset searching 

Here, too, drilling down can spot bottlenecks by state, specific product, or vendor. 

Vendor Performance

Collections law firms rely on outside companies to perform many of the functions needed to work accounts, including: 

  • Process service 
  • Account scrubbing (to prevent collections for deaths, bankruptcies, and active service members 
  • Mailing letters 
  • Appearance counsel 
  • Asset searching 

The creditor often pays the cost of these vendors and is responsible for their actions. So, it’s essential that lenders know which vendors are working on each account.

Collection litigation systems not only deliver the metrics creditors need, they also make the entire litigation process more efficient.  Learn more by downloading the Oliver Guide: “High Performance Collections Litigation: Five ways analytics and automation can increase recoveries, improve compliance, and reduce hassle.”

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How to cut collection legal fees without cutting corners

Walker White

December 5, 2022

There’s more to managing the collection of legal expenses than simply using contingency fees. After all, the largest expense line in most collection-litigation programs is legal fees.

Simply demanding lower fees can be counterproductive. In this new age of increased regulatory scrutiny, creditors can’t afford to have their law firms cutting corners.

Today, leading-edge creditors are using technology to reduce their legal costs while at the same time making their litigation programs more effective. New cloud-based systems can simplify information flow and collect benchmarking data needed to optimize the use of resources.

The result: Lawyers spend less time tracking down information and more time collecting debts and ensuring compliance.

Here are four of the best techniques for improving the efficiency of collections litigation:

Automation-driven efficiency. Cloud-based technology centralizes communication and document management. Streamlined workflows can substantially reduce the time and labor that law firms spend handling each account.

Centralized vendor management. Collections law firms rely on outside companies to perform many of the functions they need to service accounts. These functions include process service, account scrubbing (to prevent collections for deaths, bankruptcies, and active service members), letter mailing, and asset searching. Rather than relying on individual firms to select vendors, creditors can negotiate umbrella contracts, often at preferential rates, for use by all their law firms.

Data-informed firm selection and service-level-agreement management. With good collection litigation software, creditors can now calculate benchmarks for velocity and recoveries in each jurisdiction. If one law firm is underperforming, a creditor then has the information to negotiate tighter service-level agreements or even shift accounts to another firm in that state.

Restructured fee arrangements. By reducing the time and effort law firms need to spend on each case, creditors are in a strong position to negotiate lower fees. Some lenders may even choose to move away from the standard contingency-fee model entirely. Instead, they can negotiate flat fees for lawyers to perform specific services, such as sending demand letters and filing complaints. (If the case results in a judgment, it may be appropriate to set the fee for asset recovery as a percentage of the amount collected.)

Creditors that automate their collections litigation not only find ways to reduce legal costs, they also reduce errors, improve compliance, and increase the velocity of recoveries. Learn more by downloading the Oliver Guide: “High Performance Collections Litigation: Five ways analytics and automation can increase recoveries, improve compliance, and reduce hassle.”

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Oliver announces intent to acquire Lawgix Services

Walker White

October 26, 2022

Oliver announces intent to acquire legal servicing provider to create 360-degree collections litigation solution for creditors.

Addition of services offering to the Oliver software platform provides a fresh approach for creditors executing repetitive collections litigation processes.

 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 26 OCTOBER 2022 – Oliver Technology Corporation (“Oliver”), the leading debt collection software platform, today announced the company’s intent to acquire Lawgix Services, the leading provider of managed services for collections litigation. The deal is expected to close January 1, 2023. With this acquisition, Oliver will add to its market-leading collections litigation platform a complete solutions offering and provide a revolutionary approach for creditors executing repetitive processes in collection litigation.

Specifically, in addition to utilizing Oliver’s world-class technology platform, including automated features, creditors will now also be able to tap a world-class team of experts in collections law, process engineering, and technology to handle critical tasks across document creation, case management, payment processing, and vendor coordination.

“This deal represents a critical step forward in Oliver’s evolution from technology platform to 360-degree solution for our creditor clients undergoing the complex and often-repetitive collections litigation process,” said Walker White, CEO, Oliver Technology Corporation. “Creditors are voicing a clear need for expert services in addition to top-quality technology to help them navigate an evermore complex collections litigation space. With this move, we are answering that call.”

The Oliver Advantage
Oliver:Services can replace the traditional model in which each law firm is responsible for the administrative and financial processes in collections litigation. These functions can be handled more efficiently by the central team at Oliver:Services, allowing lawyers to focus on litigation. Benefits include:
● Consistent, precise execution of litigation workflow by a dedicated team of trained paraprofessionals
● Document filing and case management optimized for every U.S. state and local jurisdiction
● Standardized document creation with automatic routing for attorney review
● Tighter controls that set the standard of care for regulatory compliance, security, and privacy
● More accurate accounting, with vendor payments reconciled and recoveries posted to creditors’ general ledgers
● Centralized monitoring and auditing
● Significantly lower total cost for creditors

“We are delighted to be joining the Oliver team. This is really a story of coming home for us, at a time when quality control, transparency, compliance and experience are the highest priorities for top-flight creditors pursuing collections litigation on an ongoing basis,” said John Ritter, CEO, Lawgix Services. “I can’t wait to see all we can accomplish, together.”

To learn more about Oliver, please visit: www.olivertechnology.com

To learn more about Oliver’s services offering, coming January 2023, please visit:
www.olivertechnology.com/products/#Oliver:Services

ABOUT OLIVER
Meet Oliver. We bring precision to complex litigation, focusing on debt collection today. Our software helps creditors and law firms work together across the entire debt collection lifecycle: creditors gain control of their litigation efforts, law firms have an efficient way to collaborate, and consumers are ultimately treated like people, not debtors. Our technology removes inconsistencies, prevents unnecessary errors, and keeps organizations in compliance. It creates operational firepower. And it enables people to work on the important things. We are working to change debt collection’s bad name by building Responsible Software at the intersection of RegTech and LegalTech. All that and more is why leading debt collection operations run on Oliver.

ABOUT LAWGIX
Lawgix provides best-in-class managed services across the entire collections litigation process. The Lawgix team is comprised of creditors’ rights attorneys and paralegals, process engineers, and technologists working in collaboration with creditors, law firms, and constituent stakeholders to create the most effective, efficient, and compliant solution on the market.

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The new compliance risks for creditors that outsource collections litigation

Walker White

January 10, 2022

For creditors trying to recover long charged-off debts, it’s been appealing to use vendors that manage the long and complex process of managing lawyers and filing suit against debtors. Not only did outsourcing save time and hassle, it insulated the creditors from violations of federal and state debt-collection rules made by the vendors.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has long been trying to pierce the compliance shield provided by outsourcing. With its recent modifications to Regulation F governing collections, the CFPB has eliminated much of the protection creditors have against violations by their vendors.

Now creditors need other ways to protect themselves. Here are five of the most important steps any creditor can take to mitigate their risk that vendors could put them in violation of the new regulations:

  • Build a central process for monitoring compliance.  The CFPB has made it clear that lenders are responsible for the “unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices” (UDAAP) committed by any vendor they use. As with any other regulations, financial institutions need an independent internal process for ensuring compliance by their own employees and all the service providers they hire.
  • Closely monitor communication with debtors. Regulation F now imposes strict rules on the frequency and content of communications intended to collect debts. It also requires creditors and their vendors to keep track of and comply with requests consumers make about how they want to be communicated with.
  • Bolster the process for communicating details about debts to collection agencies and law firms. The new rules require specific information to be communicated with debtors who ask for evidence the debt being collected is valid. The data for these validation notices needs to be provided directly by the lender and can’t be passed from one vendor to another.
  • Make sure there is an audit trail of all collections activities at the creditor and its vendors.  Be prepared to respond to requests from bank examiners, the CFPB, and plaintiff’s lawyers asking for details about every phone call made, letter sent, and legal paper filed.
  • Consider bringing litigation management in-house. The new regulatory regime mandates a complex and detailed flow of information between creditors, collection agencies and law firms. Adding a master servicer to coordinate litigation increases the risk that something will get lost. Few master servicers have the technology needed to monitor communication by law firms in real time. This makes it very difficult for the master servicers and the creditors they work for to ensure compliance. 

The consequences for lenders of a violation of debt collection rules by a vendor can be significant. The CFPB has shown itself to be very serious about cracking down on regulatory violations, often imposing large fines. And even a small problem could disrupt the operations of a vendor, delaying the recovery of all the accounts it is handling. 

For a comparison of creditor-managed collection litigation to outsourced litigation management, you can download our QuickStudy, “The risk of outsourcing collections litigation: How centralized control can prevent compliance violations and increase recoveries at the same time.”

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How outsourcing collections litigation is hampering your recoveries

Walker White

January 3, 2022

Attention lenders: If you’re still hiring an outside firm to manage your collections litigation, you are spending money on a service that is making your operations less efficient. You’ll be able to increase recoveries while expending less effort if you coordinate your collections law firms in-house.

To be sure, anyone who’s been in this business for a while knows this wasn’t always true. Back when paper documents held sway, creditors hired outsourcers to escape the tedious and costly work of forwarding account files to local law firms and keeping track of their progress.

Today, paper has been replaced by cloud computing (or should have been). And the government now requires creditors to monitor the law firms collecting debt on their behalf, ensuring that they comply with strict regulation.

In this environment, outsourcing collections litigation is no longer the most efficient recovery method. Here are just six of the pain points caused by litigation outsourcing:

  • Disjointed workflows. Many outsourcers use multiple software systems (often emailing documents, too) throughout the collections litigation process, instead of a single streamlined system.
  • Manual document creation. Attorneys hired by outsourcers often create legal filings in Microsoft Word, after gathering supporting information from multiple systems. Data duplication leads to increased risk of errors.
  • Inefficient information exchange. Law firms need facts and documents to support the validity of the creditor’s claims. Eventually, they will need an official of the creditor to sign an affidavit attesting to the claim’s veracity. Typically, outsourcers handle this information exchange through email, delaying collections while creating manual work flows for the creditor.
  • Insufficient audit support. The systems used by most outsourcers are designed to keep track of groups of files that are forwarded as a package to law firms. They typically can’t provide the real-time details of individual accounts the creditor needs to supervise and audit compliance.
  • Costly fees. Aside from the legal fees involved, outsourcers pocket 4%-7% of all recoveries.
  • Heavier workloads for attorneys. Collections lawyers engaged by outsourcers must attend to time-consuming clerical tasks. This busy work leads law firms to ask for higher contingency fees than they would need with a more efficient (and less error-prone)  process.

Today a creditor can solve all these problems by using modern cloud-based technology that enables them to manage their collections litigation in house more efficiently than through master servicers. Specifically:

  • State of the art workflow management systems allow creditors to store collections data in a single repository for smoother workflows.
  • Documents are automatically assembled without draining clerical processes.
  • Compliance is simplified, since the system is centralized and disallows debtor-contact that would violate regulations.
  • The administratives costs involved are typically well below those charged by outsourcers.

Best of all, the enhanced efficiencies mean improved productivity, increased volume, lower legal fees, and ultimately, higher returns.

For a comparison of creditor-managed collection litigation to outsourced litigation management, you can download our QuickStudy, “The risk of outsourcing collections litigation: How centralized control can prevent compliance violations and increase recoveries at the same time.”

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Four predictions for the collections litigation industry in 2022

Walker White

December 20, 2021

As we move into the new year, it’s clear already that 2022 will be a turning point for the entire collections industry. And that’s particularly true in the community where we are most active—the creditors, lawyers, and service providers involved in recovery litigation. All of us are still confronting the tragedy, disruption, and uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.

And though we’ve spent several years preparing, we are all still figuring out how to adopt the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Regulation F, which finally went into effect at the end of 2021.

As I think about 2022, I do not expect that the CFPB or other regulators will swoop in during the year with major enforcement actions in collections. It’s more likely than not that they will watch carefully how we implement the standards for consumer contact and the other changes that Reg F imposes.

Nonetheless, the specter of being charged with violating the new regulations hangs over every player in the industry. Indeed, this new reality has started to set off a chain of events that is only just beginning. Three of the four predictions, in fact, flow directly from Regulation F. I start with one issue that we all must confront right away.

1. Cyber security will become an urgent priority.

Computer security breaches are becoming more frequent, more serious, and a lot more costly. We’ve seen how ransomware attacks and new software vulnerabilities can set off a chain reaction of disruption throughout the economy that ultimately can cause days of uncertainty for many players throughout the industry. For everyone involved in collection litigation, a hacking incident can expose sensitive personal information, disrupt legal proceedings, and raise the ire of regulators.

Accordingly, everyone from the largest bank to the smallest collection law firm is looking at all the computer systems they depend on and asking for assurance they have every possible defense in place. These concerns and demands will escalate, favoring those operators at the vanguard of cyber security technology and procedures.

2. Creditors will become more involved in the collections and litigation process.

Regulation F has put an end to the days when creditors could assume that by outsourcing their litigation and collection that they were protected from penalties for any violations made by their vendors. The new rules make clear that the institutions that hire law firms or other service providers are responsible for their actions.
Compliance departments in 2022 will rigorously interrogate all their law firms and other vendors to determine if they can track and follow requests consumers make about how they want to communicate.

Prediction 2a is that often enough the big banks won’t like what they see. Too many players are doing business the way they did 20 years ago. They can’t communicate with customers over email or social media. And they can’t take payments electronically. These gaps not only risk running afoul of Regulation F, they also don’t live up to the standard of service that banks expect of their brands.

3. Vendors will start to retool their systems—or exit the business.

What happens at the collections agency or master servicer after they realize they can’t deliver the service level that the creditors and regulators expect? A scenario along these lines: The CEO calls the head of technology and discovers that they’ve been running the same systems since email was delivered via a dial-up line. Translation: If you want to do business in today’s world of instant communication and cloud computing, you will have to invest in a modern computing platform.

Some will step up and build or buy the technology they need. Others, I’m sure, will see 2022 as the right year to sell their company to a buyer that already has modern systems or at least has the capital to acquire them.

4. A generational shift will begin at collections law firms

Ultimately, the demand for new business practices and technology will flow from regulators through creditors and master servicers to hit individual collections law firms hard. Yes, the lawyers on the front lines have ultimate responsibility for following the rules. But they are generally local or regional players with limited resources.

This is a big opportunity for the legal minds coming into the upper ranks at their firms now. They have trained and formed their practice around a shifting landscape and in anticipation of technological upgrades that will quickly become a “ticket to play.” That is expertise their firms will value deeply as they grapple with the industry shifts outlined here and more.

In all, 2022 is going to be a year when the collections litigation world will rethink many practices and relationships that have been stable for years, sometimes decades. At Oliver, we’re in the middle of this, of course, building a technology platform designed to make the entire litigation chain more productive. We look forward to exploring all of this with everyone in the community. Don’t hesitate to give us a call or find us at industry events.

We’ve also written a white paper that explores the new world of creditor-driven collections. You can get your copy here.

Here’s to a successful 2022.

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New Faces On Board At Oliver

Walker White

August 5, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 5, 2021—Oliver Technology Corporation, the provider of collections litigation software, is excited to welcome the addition of Robert Kanok, Nahid Kabir, Kasi Poppoppu, and Namita Mankad to the team. They each bring extensive experience in their areas of expertise combined with a wonderful personality, making them an excellent fit to contribute to Oliver’s culture and current growth.

Robert Kanok, Director of Software Engineering

In his new role as Director of Software Engineering, Robert provides the technical leadership required to continue delivering world-class software to our customers.   With a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s in Computer Science and over 20 years of experience building high-performing organizations while improving operational efficiency, Robert is the perfect fit to lead our Software Engineering team.  His extensive knowledge in cloud-based technology, data collection, financial services industry and compliance tracking has allowed him to hit the ground running.

Besides being technology agnostic, Robert is a home automation and IOT development enthusiast and loves traveling, snowboarding, and playing paddle tennis.

Nahid Kabir, Database Developer 

As Oliver’s Database Engineer, Nahid is responsible for developing, testing, improving, and maintaining new and existing databases to ensure optimum performance and scalability while solving our customers’ needs. Nahid has over 14 years of experience as a database developer/analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Having graduated with a master’s degree focused on Computer Science, she brings a vast array of modern information technology skills along with her in-depth experience.

Outside of work, Nahid loves gardening, interior design and travelling.

Kasi Poppoppu, Software Engineer

Kasi joined the Engineering team as a Software Engineer with a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications Engineering, and a Master’s in Cybersecurity. Having worked for five years for several companies in the financial industry, he adds a broad variety of technologies to his skillset. As a Software Engineer, he will be contributing to the reinventing of Oliver’s platform, influencing, and driving the next iteration of software that Oliver’s clients need and love, by focusing on quality and security.

When he isn’t keeping up with the latest technologies, Kasi enjoys gaming, gardening, long drives, baking, swimming, and basketball.

Namita Mankad, Product Manager

As Oliver’s Product Manager, Namita will be responsible for creating and driving the strategic product roadmap, breaking it down into executable chunks and collaborating with the rest of the team to ensure its timely delivery to help our customers be successful. With a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering, a Master’s in Information Technology, and over 16 years of experience in program and product leadership in a wide range of industries, she understands the potential pain points of all stakeholders.

Besides having a passion for making the lives of customers better by focusing on enhancing the product they need and use, Namita takes much interest in travelling, reading, hiking, cooking, meditation, ballroom dancing and being in nature.

About Oliver Technology Corporation

Oliver transforms legal servicing by consolidating data collection, orchestrating team collaboration and accelerating litigation strategies on a cloud-based platform with unprecedented automation and compliance.  Our collections litigation platform gives creditors current visibility of their litigation process with built-in federal, state, local and venue-specific laws, rules and procedures.

Designed by experienced collections litigators and in conjunction with creditors, Oliver Collections Litigation Exchange (CLX) provides a complete solution from pre-placement to settlement.  Built around the core workstreams of consolidate, orchestrate, and litigate, Oliver CLX drives increased revenue, rigorous compliance, and simplified litigation, ensuring collections are fast, cost effective and fair.

For more information about Oliver Technology Corporation, visit www.olivertechnology.com.

Contact:

Oliver Technology Corporation
Walker White, Chief Executive Officer
202-997-1209
walker.white@olivertechnology.com

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An Executive Q&A Session with Stephanie Eidelman, CEO, The iA Institute

Walker White

May 19, 2021

In the wake of the Hunstein case, we examine how these consumer-centric policies, laws and market conditions are causing disruption and uncertainty in the collections industry. There are three take-aways from our interview with Stephanie Eidelman, CEO of The iA Institute.

Regulators are placing the compliance responsibility at the feet of Creditors.

Stephanie Eidelman: As we remember from former CFPB Director Cordray, they were going to write rules for first parties.  They set that aside.  The Trump administration didn’t pick it up. I would expect these will be picked up again with the Biden administration. So, your platform nicely anticipates that.

Walker White:  Absolutely.  It ultimately comes down to the fact that we have better technology today to solve collaborative problems.  It’s important that the collaborative platform is for all parties to work together in a compliant, efficient manner to achieve an outcome we all desire.  This is good for all parties involved, but also for the consumer as well, to make debt collections as palatable as possible.

Our solution, called Oliver CLX, which stands for collections litigation exchange, automates, and orchestrates all repetitive, legal, and regulatory processes, bringing all the required parties together onto a single platform to drive more revenue, help them maintain rigorous compliance, and ultimately simplify the litigation process.  This gives creditors more control over the process and ensures compliancy across the channel.

Hunstein is just the latest example of the need for change in the Collections Industry.

Stephanie Eidelman:  In the last week or two, we have all been consumed by this case that came out of nowhere, Hunstein.  I’d be interested in your perspective on how the market can deal with compliance fire drills in a better way.

Walker White: I think Hunstein is an example of why change is required in this industry.  If we look back over the last 15-18 months, think about all the disruptions in the industry.  COVID—obviously, unexpected macro activity.  And then Regulation F, which was expected and will require a lot of change.  Some of these changes can be awfully expensive and disruptive.  And ultimately, these changes expose all companies in the supply chain to compliance risk, from the creditor to the master servicer, to the law firm, etc.

We think the trend is towards what we call “creditor-managed collections,” rather than the more decentralized approach that we have today.  This is not going to be creditors dictating the steps that the law firm or others must take, but rather think of it as the creditor setting the table.  That’s where the Oliver platform is valuable to manage all the consumer data in a centralized repository, and then farm it out to anyone who is authorized to use it.  This allows those creditors to implement, in a configurable group of servicers or vendors that they want to implement their collections strategy, facilitate the data transmissions, because it’s the creditor’s platform.

This allows us to step right around the Hunstein problem, because it’s not going to a third-party and then from that third-party to someone else. The creditor is authorizing the release of the information directly.  It doesn’t matter whether it’s for agency, legal, or debt sales.  Ultimately, we are centralizing and enforcing the consumer preference data side of that as required by Reg F.

We are no longer playing telephone, where we toss files from person to person.  With a creditor-driven model, the creditor puts the data into a platform where everyone can operate on it seamlessly. And I think that’s the difference that we’re going to see going forward.

Built-in Compliance stabilizes the process.

Stephanie Eidelman:  It’s interesting that you talk about centralization as a way to standardize or maybe stabilize the process.  How does that look different tomorrow from today?

Walker White:  I think a good way to consider this is through the lens of the compliance being built into the solution.  Historically the creditor would send a file out, they would rely upon their servicers, the firms, and so on to manage it.  But think about how TurboTax, which took all the laws, rules, and procedures of the tax code, and basically brought it into a platform where even someone like myself can file my taxes online because they built all that compliance into it.  The Oliver platform has built-in compliance rules, such that anyone who’s operating in the environment gets the benefit.

For example, the creditor wants the demand letter sent in 35 days, not 34 and not 36.  The platform ensures that will happen and documents that it was sent.  Next the suit is going to be filed…automatically released…never a day early, never a day late, always on time.  When it comes to proving attorney meaningful involvement, if you’ve got a platform which can oversee all processes, it’s easy for them to see that the attorney looked at this matter for seven minutes while they evaluated the balance and who it was being mailed to, and so on.  Ultimately, I think the big difference we’re seeing; rather than leaving it to chance and to the individual parties, the creditor can oversee the process.  Not enforce it but oversee it and make sure everything is followed in the way they expect it to.

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Executive Q&A with Stephanie Eidelman, CEO of The iA institute

Walker White

May 19, 2021

Why 2 of top 5 Creditors are Choosing A New Paradigm for Collections

WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 19, 2021—Oliver Technology Corporation, the provider of collections litigation software, is pleased to announce an executive Q&A session with Stephanie Eidelman, CEO of The iA Institute.

In the wake of the Hunstein case, we examine how these consumer-centric policies, laws and market conditions are causing disruption and uncertainty in the collections industry. In the interview you’ll hear Walker White, CEO of Oliver Technology Corporation discuss how 2 of the top 5 creditors have chosen a new path for collections that allows them to minimize the impact of these changes.  To protect their brand and reduce operational risk, creditors need to make a paradigm shift from a decentralized approach to a centralized, creditor-driven approach.

In addition, Walker and Stephanie talk about how built-in compliance rules minimizes the chaos that changes, like Hunstein, create.  This solution is a unique collaboration platform for all parties across the collections litigation channel from creditors to law firms, to fourth party vendors.

Listen to the full interview here.

InsideARM Executive Q&A
Stephanie Eidelman, CEO of The iA Institute interviews Walker White, CEO of Oliver

 

To hear about this new approach from a creditors perspective, watch our latest webinar with Heidi Staloch, US Bank, Stefanie Jackman, Ballard Spahr, Walker White, Oliver Technology Corporation and Thomas Michael, Oliver Technology Corporation.  The panel will discuss:

  • Why creditors are shifting to a centralized, creditor-driven model.
  • How a free flow of consistent, accurate data is the source of the solution across the creditor’s strategy.
  • What end-to-end oversight and control means for collections and consumers.

This is a three-part webinar series.  Register to be invited to the other two webinars.

Part One: Collectors Perspective

How 2 of the Top 5 Creditors are Poised to Win in this New Paradigm for Today and Tomorrow.

Available On-Demand

Part Two: Regulator Perspective

How Creditors can Align their Strategies to Meet Regulators Future Expectations

June 2, 2021 | 1:00 PM EDT

Part Three: Servicers Perspective

How Creditors can Align their Strategies to Meet Regulators Future Expectations

June 30, 2021 | 1:00 PM EDT

(link this to the webinar on-demand page)

 

About Oliver Technology Corporation

Oliver transforms legal servicing by consolidating data collection, orchestrating team collaboration and accelerating litigation strategies on a cloud-based platform with unprecedented automation and compliance.  Our collections litigation platform gives creditors current visibility of their litigation process with built-in federal, state, local and venue-specific laws, rules and procedures.

Designed by experienced collections litigators and in conjunction with creditors, Oliver Collections Litigation Exchange (CLX) provides a complete solution from pre-placement to settlement.  Built around the core workstreams of consolidate, orchestrate, and litigate, Oliver CLX drives increased revenue, rigorous compliance, and simplified litigation, ensuring collections are fast, cost effective and fair.

For more information about Oliver Technology Corporation, visit www.olivertechnology.com.

Contact:

Oliver Technology Corporation
Walker White, Chief Executive Officer
202-997-1209
Walker.white@olivertechnology.com

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