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Press Release: ACA Certified
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For Immediate release
Williams & Fudge, Inc. Becomes an ACA Certified Collection Agency
Trade Association sponsors Professional Practices Management System certification program
Minneapolis, April 3, 2001 The American Collectors Association (ACA), the world's largest international trade association for debt collection companies, is pleased to announce that Williams & Fudge, Inc. of Rock Hill, South Carolina has successfully completed the process to become a certified agency through the ACA Professional Practices Management System (PPMS) program on April 4, 2001.
To become certified through ACA's PPMS program, a collection agency must complete a rigorous application and audit process. Certified agencies must meet program requirements including developing an individualized professional practices system of management for their agency, creating supporting documents and submitting specific business records to an independent auditor to assure compliance with the program's high standards for collection agency operations. Periodic audits are conducted for an agency to maintain their certified status.
Williams & Fudge, Inc., was founded in 1986 with the purpose of serving the higher education community. The company aids colleges and universities in achieving and maintaining low default rates in all Federal programs and helps reduce the number of institutional account receivables deemed uncollectable. Williams & Fudge, Inc. is a leader in the management of student loan collections. The company's excellence in the management of cohort default rates has produced full funding for almost all of their Federal Perkins Loan Program clients and has earned Williams & Fudge, Inc. a national reputation. For more information about Williams & Fudge, Inc. call 803-329-9791.
Members of ACA recover millions of dollars annually for their clients. They provide valuable assistance to credit departments in controlling mounting debts. Agencies certified through the ACA Professional Practices Management System are dedicated to professional business practices and quality assurance and are therefore highly qualified to provide credit grantors with the expert collection services needed in today's competitive business world.
American Collectors Association (ACA) is an international trade organization with approximately 5,600 members, including third-party collection agencies, attorneys and vendor affiliates. Creditors International (CI) is a division of ACA with approximately 1,200 members. ACA and CI are headquartered in Minneapolis and serve members in the United States, Canada and 56 other countries worldwide. For more information about ACA call 952-926-6547 or visit the ACA web site a www.collector.com.
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