What Really Happens to Debt After Someone Dies? The Facts Most Families Don’t Learn Until It’s Too Late – USA TODAY

PCA Global Ventures, a global leader in specialized debt recovery solutions and estate planning technology, today announced the expansion of its leadership team across portfolio companies Phillips & Cohen Associates, Ltd., Ardent Credit Services, and Invenio Financial. The appointments of the following additions to our team reflect a deliberate investment in strengthening our business development and partnerships capabilities…

Wilmington, DE – April 28, 2025 – Phillips & Cohen Associates, Ltd., a global leader in compassionate customer care and specialized debt recovery collection solutions, was recently named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the AI Implementation of the Year category in The 24th Annual American Business Awards®. More than 3,600 nominations from…

Enterprise lenders still care about liquidation rate, but it rarely decides the shortlist anymore. In today’s RFPs and risk reviews, recovery leaders start with durability under scrutiny. They want to know whether an agency will clear a bank-grade third-party risk assessment, survive the next exam cycle, and withstand the kinds of events that turn vendors…

While much of the debt collection industry is structured around scale and volume, Phillips & Cohen Associates (PCA) developed its business by concentrating on a narrow but complex segment of the credit lifecycle: deceased-account resolution.

Leading bereavement notification service NotifyNOW, a service of Phillips & Cohen Associates (PCA), has forged a new partnership with Oodle Car Finance, which will simplify end-of-life administration for its customers.

The negative impact of poor collections processes extends far beyond any individual customer

The collections industry is consolidating at a rapid pace. While this consolidation leaves many obvious winners and losers, thousands of local players are discovering they can no longer keep up with rising technological expenses, increasingly complex regulations, and the ever-changing behaviors of consumers.

AI can boost productivity fast, but it can also quietly erode judgment if leaders automate the very work that teaches people how to think.

That’s why specialist models tend to outperform generalist approaches, and why many blue-chip creditors partner with companies like Phillips & Cohen Associates (PCA). PCA was founded in 1997 and built its reputation around deceased account care and grief-informed protocols.

The Great Wealth Transfer is often framed as an $84 trillion windfall passing from baby boomers to their heirs.