Accounting departments are farming out tasks such as processing invoices and collecting payments from debtors.
Another company operates the property: paying rent to Ventas, hiring staff and collecting payments from residents.
Despite charging what may seem high interest rates, MFIs typically have wafer-thin margins because of the high costs of making and collecting payments on millions of tiny loans.
Prosper and Lending Club both check borrowers' credit records and are aggressive about collecting on payments, and lenders can make up to 13 percent on their loans.
By collecting these payments through the tax system, and channelling them to private funds chosen by employees, the state will cut the cost of saving and increase its value.
They were paid a fee for selling the mortgage on, and another fee for servicing (collecting the loan payments), and even got additional fees if they had to foreclose.
They also take the responsibility of acting as the servicer, collecting principal and interest payments from borrowers.
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Servicers are the intermediaries charged with collecting interest and principal payments on mortgages.
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Viborg says that the company even accepts cash payments upfront to avoid collecting identifying banking details.
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When you start collecting you can treat some of the payments as a tax-free return of principal.
The US had been collecting this gold since WW I as payments on wartime loans, a problem accelerated by new loans for WW II.
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Mr Sen's company has been accused of collecting deposits from investors promising attractive returns and then defaulting on payments.
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Payments-related revenue is the other major source of revenue outside of advertising, with Facebook collecting a percentage of gaming and other payment-related revenue done on its Web site.
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