Debt collectors are required to follow the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Here’s what to know.
Your unpaid debt could follow you to work, but debt collectors still have legal rules they need to follow.
An old collections balance may have lost its legal bite, but paying it could come with unintended consequences.
Debt collectors are required to validate that a debt is legally owed, so what are the repercussions if they refuse?
Richard Andreano Jr., John Culhane Jr. As required by amendments to the FDCPA made by Section 1089 of Dodd Frank, the CFPB recently released its annual report to Congress on FDCPA compliance. We note ...
It's a scary place to be — in debt and afraid. A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report found that more than one in four consumers felt threatened when contacted by debt collectors. The first ...
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 ...
After reading your Saturday (1/28) paper about the women suing the collection agencies, I had to put my two cents in.
In March, we reported on New York City’s new Stopping Harassment and Intimidation and Ensuring Lawful Debt Collection Rule (the “SHIELD Rule”), ...
Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. Find my match Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. Bill collectors are known for using ...
Few sources of income are as legally fortified as a federal disability check. Social Security benefits sit behind decades of statutes designed to keep them largely out of creditors' reach, which is ...
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