Collection Agency Meaning It’s a company or a business that collects payments of debts or credit owed by businesses or individual. Collection agencies work as agents of debtors and pursue debts for a portion of the total amount that was credited or owed. There are different types of collection agencies such as first party agencies or in-house collection agency; they are usually subsidiaries of the original business the debt is credited to. Third party agencies are separate businesses contracted by a certain business or company to pursue and collect debts on behalf of original company the debt is owed to for a fee.
