Pay-for-delete promises to erase collection debt from your credit report, but the results of this strategy can vary.

Paying off collections improves your finances, but what happens to the negative mark on your credit report?

Disputing collections debt can protect your credit, but only if you know when it actually makes sense to do so.

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Get to know the research on debt collection lawsuits, racial disparities in judgments, and a big slice of consumer debt: ...

The number of filings is back above 2020 levels as prices rise and people rely more on credit cards, an analysis finds. But many borrowers don’t respond to the suits and lose by default. By Ann Carrns ...

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 ...

Complaints about aggressive debt collection have skyrocketed in recent months, federal data shows, a sign that more Americans are falling behind on credit cards and medical bills. The rise in ...

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