The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is on a mission to protect consumers from illegal medical debt collection practices. It issued advisories in October identifying illegal practices and ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. As credit card balances climb and interest rates remain high, Debt Awareness Week, sponsored by Debt.com, draws ...

As credit card balances climb and interest rates remain high, Debt Awareness Week, sponsored by Debt.com, draws attention to the mounting financial pressure facing millions of Americans and the urgent ...

Germany prides itself on providing a generous welfare state — free universities, universal healthcare and promises of protection from life’s hardest blows are a key part of its contemporary identity, ...

Despite Texas’ reputation for affordability, its major cities lead the nation in non-mortgage debt, with Austin residents owing an average of $45,920, according to a LendingTree study. The study, ...

The national debt has grown to more than $37 trillion. There is mounting concern in some quarters over how soon the ballooning debt will impact the lives of everyday Americans. As Paul Solman explains ...

Republicans on the House Government Oversight Committee approved the committee’s report Tuesday recommending an independent audit and transfer of the judicial branch’s court debt collection system to ...

The cost of living has risen sharply in recent years, and so have financial stress levels. Recent data shows that three of four Americans today are anxious about their financial situations, and among ...

As inflation continues to hit families across the U.S., a new survey has revealed that credit card debt is a growing concern for more than half of Americans. According to exclusive poll data from a ...

Most Americans carry debt, and that includes the high-interest debt that comes with credit cards. Total credit card balances rose 5.8% from a year ago, to $1.14 trillion, according to a recent Federal ...