With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who ...

Complaints about aggressive debt collection have skyrocketed in recent months, federal data shows, a sign that more Americans are falling behind on credit cards and medical bills. The rise in ...

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For many families, credit card debt is a huge source of stress, and when the bills keep piling up, it might seem like there’s no way out. But before you lose hope, you may qualify for debt ...

Johnson has said the sale of debt owed to the city is “immoral,” on the grounds that “working people and poor people are ...

A Snapshot of Consumer Debt Credit card debt in the United States was over $1.2 trillion in late 2025. The average person ...

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The Trump administration will begin to seize student debt repayments from the wages of borrowers in default early next year, ...

LendingTree’s study involved analyzing around 400,000 credit reports of users in July through September for 2024 and 2025, ...