Debt collectors are only permitted to contact you at your residence or workplace between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. in your local time ...

Scammers use texts, calls, emails and letters to create a false sense of urgency about debt repayment. Always ask for ...

Key takeaways Before paying a debt in collections, verify it’s legitimate and collectible to avoid scams or zombie debt. You ...

The Rise in Consumer Complaints Against Debt Collection Tactics. Over the past few years, consumers across the United States ...

If an individual files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which discharges their personal obligations secured by a mortgaged property, ...

Under a proposed rule, debt collectors would be able to call you up to seven times a week, text, email and private message you about your outstanding debt. The Consumer Financial Protection ...

In the first quarter of 2025, First Mennonite Church of Champaign-Urbana led a community fundraising effort to forgive medical debt in East Central Illinois. It partnered with nonprofit Undue ...

More than 100,000 Connecticut residents will soon receive letters notifying them of medical debt relief, according to a community announcement. Gov. Ned Lamont announced May 21 that the second round ...

This seems unlikely, because since 1980 both the Republican and Democratic parties have been increasing federal government debt. Last year the interest payment on this massive debt was 880 billion ...

If you get a letter in the mail in the next week or so that says some or all of your medical debt has been erased, it’s part of a state initiative. Gov. Ned Lamont said letters are being mailed ...