New federal data shows debt collection calls have jumped more than 200 percent in the past year, flooding phone lines ...

Debt collectors can start contacting you to collect debt once payments are 30 days past due. You shouldn't experience harassment or threats when being contacted for debt collection. If you are, you ...

In Arizona, nearly 2,000 people filed complaints last year. 12News is sharing how a Valley organization is working to get ...

Achieve reports on options for debt help, which vary from debt consolidation to professional relief or bankruptcy.

In a related trend, state courts are seeing a spike in debt collection lawsuits. Court filings surged in 2023 and 2024, according to a Sept. 2 report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, based on data from ...

Zombie debt refers to old or expired debts you’ve either forgotten about or never knew about that debt collectors try to resurrect and collect. The most common types of zombie debt include discharged ...

The fake debt collector scam has been around for at least two decades. It’s resurfaced now with a frightening vengeance. With this scam, the operators claim to be collecting a debt that they say you ...

Artificial intelligence offers debt collection companies the opportunity to vastly improve margins while achieving higher ...

The Federal Trade Commission’s first “Debt Collection Dialogue” took place Monday afternoon in Buffalo for a reason. There are around 4,700 debt collectors employed in the Buffalo Niagara region, and ...

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau data from January shows that 14 percent of active renters still carry late fees from the past year, down from a peak of 23 percent in early 2023 but still ...