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Receivables Podcast brings you honest conversations with industry leaders, innovators, and experts in debt collection, receivables management, and financial services. Hosted by Adam Parks, each episode dives into real-world strategies, compliance insights, emerging technologies, and leadership lessons shaping the future of collections.
Whether you're an agency executive, creditor, vendor, or professional looking to stay ahead of industry trends, Receivables Podcast delivers practical takeaways in an approachable, conversational format.
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How to test new data vendors in debt collection without wasting budget or chasing meaningless hit rates? In this episode of Receivables Podcast, Prince Matharu of TEC Services Group walks through a practical data experimentation framework in collections built on a simple idea: hypothesize, experiment, measure, report. He breaks down multi vendor data strategy for receivables, how to measure contact rate improvement in collections, and why data is quickly becoming a competitive advantage in ...
How does AI context orchestration for collections actually work when every consumer interaction happens across different channels? In this episode, Adam Parks is joined by Anshul Shrivastava of Vodex.ai to unpack why most omnichannel strategies fall apart without shared context. Anshul explains how their DROS platform (Debt Resolution Operating System) brings voice, SMS, email, and chat into a single, context-aware operating model. The conversation explores reducing friction in consumer col...
Are administrative cost reviews for collection agencies quietly draining your margins? In this episode of the Receivables Podcast, Adam Parks is joined by Tom York and Jason Davis of CastleWise Insurance & Licensing to unpack why insurance coverage gaps, licensing and bonding inefficiencies, and autopilot renewals create real renewal risk in receivables management. They break down how annual administrative reviews reduce operational risk, uncover cost leakage, and protect profitability ...
Are your payment rails in receivables management actually protecting your operation or quietly exposing risk? In this episode, host Adam Parks sits down with Chris Compton and Anthony Faldetta of Eliteserv Inc to unpack compliant payment processing in collections, processor risk classification, and why transparency and redundancy are no longer optional. They dig into how payment rails really work, where agencies get misled, and what leaders should evaluate now to protect cash flow, uptime, ...
Do your text messages reach consumers or get filtered before they ever matter? In this episode, Adam Parks sits down with Rick Lang, President of Pronto Connects, to unpack messaging channel governance in collections and why understanding the differences between SMS, MMS, and RCS now matters at the executive level. They discuss carrier trust, messaging compliance infrastructure, and why credibility should drive your messaging strategy. If you’re responsible for digital outreach, this conver...
What does intelligence layer architecture for collections actually mean and why does AI fail without it? In this episode, Adam Parks is joined by Shantanu Gangal of Prodigal to unpack how data context enabling AI decisioning changes everything in regulated collections. Together, they dig into breaking data silos in receivables, operationalizing AI with compliance guardrails, and why AI decision governance in collections is now a leadership responsibility. This conversation is built for exec...
Are we actually talking about AI the right way in collections? In this episode, Adam Parks sits down with Rob Grafrath of CSS Impact to unpack artificial intelligence terminology in collections and why getting the language wrong leads to real operational and compliance risk. They dig into ai governance in receivables operations, the difference between large language models vs deterministic systems, and what it really takes to integrate ai into collection management systems responsibly. This...
What does conversational AI deployment in collections actually look like in production? In this episode, Adam Parks sits down with Aman Mender and Adrian Ferrante-Bannera of Corafone to break down how AI voice is being used as a payment channel while maintaining real compliance guardrails. Together they dig into scaling collections without adding headcount, moving from inbound to outbound AI collections strategy, and why after-hours automation and multilingual AI voice are changing operatio...
RMAI certification audit readiness has moved from best practice to business requirement. In this episode, Adam Parks sits down with Sara Woggerman of ARM Compliance Business Solutions to unpack the latest RMAI certification update, including changes to RMAI certification standards, audit evidence expectations, and data security governance in collections. They dig into where agencies get stuck, how to operationalize compliance standards, and what auditors are testing at the transaction level...
Is your litigation driven servicing model built for scale or holding you back? In this episode of the Receivables Podcast, Adam Parks sits down with Gregory Straub of Pollack & Rosen to break down how modern legal collections solutions are evolving. Together, they discuss integrating litigation and digital collections, operating as a master servicer, and applying best practices for legal collections management at scale. If you’re a debt buyer, creditor, or law firm leader navigating com...
What happens when a new bill in Congress aims to fix long-standing regulatory conflicts for collection attorneys? In this episode, Adam Parks sits down with Liz Terry and Michael Stillman of NCBA to unpack why lawmakers are revisiting how litigation versus debt collection requirements are regulated. They walk through the real compliance challenges law firms face today, what the proposed legislation is designed to clarify, and how NCBA’s regulatory advocacy role is shaping the conversation in...
How do we fix the creditors’ rights attorney pipeline before it becomes a crisis? In this episode, host Adam Parks sits down with Joy Jackson of Faber & Brand and David Weimer of Kramer & Frank to break down how law school outreach for collections law is changing attorney recruitment in regulated financial services. Together, they dig into law student exposure gaps, mentorship and talent development in collections law, and why the NCBA law school engagement program matters for the f...
Workflow engineering for collections isn’t about adding another tool: it’s about designing how decisions actually happen at scale. In this episode, host Adam Parks sits down with Ranjan Dharmaraja of Quantrax Corporation to unpack why collection operations are an engineering problem and how machine driven decision making in collections replaces inconsistency with logic. They talk about embedded intelligence in collection platforms, turning data signals into action, and why automated next st...
Are effective text strategies for collections really as simple as high open rates? In this episode, Adam Parks sits down with Mark Reinhard of Concepts2Code, to unpack what compliant text messaging for debt collectors actually looks like in practice. They discuss carrier approved messaging strategies, the real differences between SMS vs MMS vs RCS in collections, and when short code vs long code texting for collections makes sense. This conversation is built for leaders navigating risk, da...
Sales and client services alignment often breaks down after the contract is signed—and that’s where client trust is won or lost. In this episode, Adam Parks sits down with Jon Siegel of Slovin & Council, Co., LPA to unpack why the sales-to-client-services handoff is the most fragile moment in collections. Together, they talk candidly about managing post-sale client experience and expectations, involving operations earlier, and how sales operations collaboration reduces friction, escalati...
How prepared is your agency for preparing for security threats? In this episode, Adam Parks sits down with TransUnion’s Eder Ribeiro to unpack why cyber risk is often underestimated and what the first 72 hours of an incident really look like. Together, they dig into cybersecurity readiness for collection agencies, data governance, social engineering threats, and practical steps small teams can take to strengthen incident response planning. Tune in and level up your operational resilience. ...
Why does the disconnect between debt relief and debt collection still shape recovery outcomes? In this episode, Adam Parks sits down with Felix Shipkevich of Shipkevich PLLC to unpack the misconceptions holding both sides back and how AI-driven debt resolution workflows, emerging bot-to-bot negotiations, and modern payment rails for debt settlement are reshaping the landscape. A practical conversation for anyone navigating regulatory challenges in consumer debt resolution. If you enjoy dis...
What is a debt collection data waterfall, and why should it never be “set it and forget it”? In this episode, Adam Parks talks with Will Turner of TEC Services about building and managing waterfall strategies across compliance scrubs, recovery scoring, and skip tracing. They cover the KPIs that matter, how to avoid common mistakes (like single-threading one vendor), and how to test improvements using retroactive analysis or champion-challenger experiments in production. Receivables Podcast ...
Are you using hiring strategies based on personality insights to strengthen your team? In this episode, Adam Parks sits down with DJ Perry of Alvaria to talk about how understanding personality types helps collections leaders hire smarter, build stronger teams, and improve long-term performance. Together, they break down the DISC framework, effective hiring practices for collection agencies, and how personality alignment can boost retention and future leadership growth. Tune in and level u...
How prepared are you for RMAI annual conference networking this year? In this episode, Adam Parks sat down with Mike Becker, Executive Director of RMAI, to walk through the biggest updates for the RMAI annual conference. Mike outlines the major updates for 2026, including expanded meeting spaces, redesigned executive and VIP lounges, new fast-track demo areas, and additional private tables for focused discussions. He also explains how to prepare for the RMAI conference, why early outreach i...
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