Having your wages garnished can cause big issues, but you may have more options to fight back than you think.

Persistent debt collector calls can feel overwhelming, but there are some steps borrowers can take to stop them.

Dear Action Line: Does the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act mentioned Saturday apply to "first party" lien holders such as banks and credit unions? Please don't publish my initials. I could get in ...

The pressure is off for collectors of debts owed by New Yorkers for now, under a New York City regulation that has been years in the making, and which has already seen its effective date postponed ...

But the ways debt collectors can contact you are about to change. After seven years of review and deliberation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized revisions to the Fair Debt ...

On November 1, a debt collection trade group filed a complaint in federal court challenging an October 1 CFPB advisory opinion that warned debt collectors against seeking payment on unverified or ...

A debt collection trade group filed a complaint in federal court challenging a CFPB advisory opinion that warned debt collectors against seeking payment on unverified or potentially inflated medical ...