Debt collectors don't always play by the rules. Here's what to watch for and how to protect yourself right now.

It's important to know what your rights actually are when you're dealing with aggressive debt collectors.

A debt collection trade group filed a complaint in federal court challenging a CFPB advisory opinion that warned debt collectors against seeking payment on unverified or potentially inflated medical ...

The state government affairs committee of the American Financial Services Association recently published a white paper for its members on debt collection and the various ways state legislation and ...

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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 ...

High-rate debt has become an increasingly common part of many people's financial lives over the last decade and the economic issues that have been looming recently, like sticky (but now cooling) ...

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