Getting calls from debt collectors can be unsettling, but if you encounter these red flags, chances are you're dealing with a ...

A borrower is in default after an extended period without making payments and failing to restore the loan to good standing.

After a long pandemic pause, the federal government has flipped the switch back on for defaulted student loans, and the ...

Complaints about debt collectors have soared, according to new federal data. The Federal Trade Commission received 194,225 ...

Attorneys from the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands answer your questions about what to do if your ...

With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who are struggling with record levels of credit card debt. Meanwhile, consumer ...

The Trump administration will begin to seize student debt repayments from the wages of borrowers in default early next year, the US Education Department said Tuesday, a long-promised move that ...

After years of warning taxpayers that the IRS will never cold call you to collect a tax debt, things are about to change as the IRS begins handing over some of its debt-collection work to private ...

Having watched Chicago’s City Council rebel against his budget and pass its own, Mayor Brandon Johnson is now focused on the matter of how (and if) the city collects its past-due debts. Going forward, ...

A fight over whether New Jersey debt collectors face liability for unlicensed consumer lending is forcing state justices to confront whether the Legislature quietly jettisoned a century of private ...

Since the start of 2023, Nevada has written off more than $106 million in bad debt, money that state officials have determined is impossible or impractical to collect ...