Get to know the research on debt collection lawsuits, racial disparities in judgments, and a big slice of consumer debt: ...

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 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed new regulations for debt collection agencies. While individuals from the CFPB say they believe that these will provide extra protection for ...

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 ...

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) ...

December New York joined a growing number of states that regulate coerced debt. The law, found in a new Article of the New York ...