A debt collector may be able to freeze your bank account, but if it's a joint account, the rules get complicated.

Self-employed workers aren't immune to collection efforts, but garnishment works much differently in these cases.

A new compliance scorecard highlights sweeping changes in state debt collection laws, with California expanding protections to certain commercial debts under SB 1286. These shifts come as the CFPB ...

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Debt relief could help you pay less than you owe, but the negotiation process for those deals may surprise you.

When James Reinhardt’s phone started ringing over and over, he thought it was just a temporary annoyance — maybe a billing question or a stray spam call. Instead, the calls kept coming, day after day, ...

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Virginia is about to get a handful of new laws to crack down on debt collectors.

A report issued Thursday by Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg confirmed Sun-Times reporting on City Hall's poor track record of collecting unpaid fines.