If you use credit cards, owe money on a personal loan, or are paying a home mortgage, you are a "debtor." If you fall behind in repaying your creditors, or an error ...

Debt collectors have limits, but ignoring them isn't a solid strategy. Here's what happens when debt goes unpaid.

In response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) request for input on unnecessary compliance burdens, the debt collection industry, led by ACA International, is advocating for significant ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – If you have ever received a call from a debt collector, you know how annoying and sometimes hostile it can be. Thousands of complaints are made every year to the government ...

A charged-off debt can seem like it's gone for good, but the reality behind what happens next may surprise you.

When debts go to collections, the balance can suddenly grow. Here's why that happens and what you should do next.

Debt collectors have filed a lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) advisory opinion on medical debt collection, sayiing the agency overstepped its bounds. The CFPB's ...

The pressure is off for collectors of debts owed by New Yorkers for now, under a New York City regulation that has been years in the making, and which has already seen its effective date postponed ...

The CFPB has proposed new debt collection rules that are really, really bad for consumers; Watch out when using Paypal and Venmo because scammers are finding more ways to get access to your money via ...

US HOW TO HANDLE THOSE CALLS. YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT AS A CONSUMER, YOU’VE GOT A BOATLOAD OF RIGHTS, RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WORK IN YOUR FAVOR WHEN DEALING WITH DEBT COLLECTORS. A VIEWER ...

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a major new consumer protection just days before ...