But does a $5,000 debt really warrant a lawsuit? While $5,000 is a significant amount, it's not always a guaranteed lawsuit.

Debt collection scams are among the most persistent and anxiety-inducing of all such schemes. Scammers call, text, or even ...

ClearGrid aims to help modernize debt collection — and recovery — with AI. The Dubai-based startup, which is emerging from ...

few anticipate the immediate relief that can come from ending debt collection calls during the process. Once you're enrolled, creditors are often more willing to work with you and, in many cases ...

The FDCPA is designed to protect you from unscrupulous or abusive debt collection techniques and generally only applies to third-party agencies. You can stop unwanted calls from collections ...

Republican Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez of Doral is carrying the bill’s upper-chamber counterpart ( SB 232 ), which in its ...

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez is seeking Wednesday to bring the city in line with the county’s new medical debt transparency ordinance. Last year, the Los Angeles County Board of ...

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The federal government has called Portfolio Recovery Associates a "repeat offender." A class-action lawsuit in North Carolina ...

Bullard claimed he paid the debt and warned the team to call him before he showed up with a machete and gasoline to do ...