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Welcome to the Oliphant Financial Website

As one of the original debt purchasing organizations in the United States, Oliphant has helped to shape and lead an industry that has emerged as a prevalent venue for the ARM needs of many types of creditors.  Today’s debt purchasing market consists of an increasing number of asset classes ranging from the traditional unsecured lines of credit, credit cards, and installment loans to unpaid service bills from service utilities, doctors and a wide range of professional services.

The utilization of a credit as a basic component in most sales strategies have created an unprecedented number of borrowing venues that continue to grow at a robust pace.  Consequently, the problem of managing accounts as they cycle from early delinquency to chargeoff has become more significant than ever.  Now, creditors of all types manage their chargeoffs through the use of debt sales to accelerate their recoveries, minimize operational costs and focus resources on the higher yielding accounts.

Welcome to the Oliphant Financial Website
Major Benefits Major Benefits

International1. Greatly enhanced cash flow.
2. Sales process is impervious to cyclical changes in chargeoff volume.
3. Significant reduction in oversight and process audit costs.
4. Diminished legal risk during recovery operations.
5. Diminished exposure to economic change risk.

Debt Sale Market Survey Debt Sale Market Survey
1. Distressed Debt Sale Prices have already corrected in line with the current expectations of a souring economy. There's certainly no shortage of reasons for the economic change over the last 18 months and ultimately, many of you concur, it has to affect gross recoveries. Have the price corrections realized so far adequately accounted for the expected reduction in gross liquidation rates over the typical debt buyer's investment horizon?

Yes (1) 14%
No (6) 86%