A Georgia debt collector is barred for life from the debt collection business after federal regulators say he harassed people into paying him debts they never owed. According to a new Federal Trade ...

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Having watched Chicago's City Council rebel against his budget -- to some extent, anyway -- Mayor Brandon Johnson is now focused on the matter of how (and if) the city collects its past-due debts.

* Illegal Debt collection crackdown continues with FTC’s Operation Collection Protection CFPB orders Citibank to refund consumers $4.9 million to 2,100 consumers. Last year, the Federal Trade ...

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Record inflation and other economic factors are fueling another wave of scams in the Upstate, according to the Better Business Bureau of the Upstate. Upstate Better ...

BUFFALO — A Tonawanda man accused of running a massive debt collection scam from the Falls, Grand Island and Kenmore was sentenced Tuesday to just over three years in federal prison. U.S. District ...

Having debt is never fun. And when a representative from a lender calls you asking for the amount you owe, your nerves may get the best of you. But what if you’re being harassed? Worse yet, for a debt ...

Artificial intelligence offers debt collection companies the opportunity to vastly improve margins while achieving higher levels of regulatory compliance and maximizing scalability, writes Ohad Samet, ...

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, ...

This investment led by IA Ventures will drive new product development, market expansion, and further January's mission to facilitate the empathetic resolution of all written off and past-due debt. NEW ...