The United States Court of Appeals decided on Friday to uphold the dismissal of a complaint by Hope Darrisaw against the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. Darrisaw sued PHEAA under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act after the agency tried … Continue reading →
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Washington — The Department of Justice unveiled charges against four members of China’s military for allegedly hacking into the credit agency Equifax and stealing the personal information of millions of Americans in 2017. “This was one of the largest data … Continue reading →
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Morgan Haefner – Monday, February 10th, 2020 Print | Email A growing number of hospitals and debt collectors are using contempt of court laws to arrest and imprison patients with unpaid medical bills, according to Law360. More hospitals are using aggressive … Continue reading →
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Of all the ways Jimmy Glasscock imagined spending his retirement working was perhaps the last idea that came to mind. This 64-year-old was once a sales representative who began his golden years a while back and … Continue reading →
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Jeffery Haarhof, Bulelani Mehlomakhulu, Angelie Arrija and Lisinda Bailey are members of a group of consumers who successfully had their emolument attachment orders scrapped in the High Court. Archive photo: Masixole Feni Flemix & Associates, a firm of debt-collecting attorneys, … Continue reading →
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Credit and Collections Take a look at those agings reports – you should be seeing the number of past-dues going down. Small business delinquency rates have dropped across several key buckets in recent months. That’s according to a third quarter … Continue reading →
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Joann Deal, from the Better Business Bureau, joined us to talk about the Marketing of Credit Scores. Joann Deal from the BBB of Monroe joined with Jessica discussing the differences between knowing your credit report and credit score. Source: (KNOE) … Continue reading →
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(Credit: respres) New Jersey had the highest foreclosure rates of any state in the country last year, according to NorthJersey.com. The state’s housing foreclosure rates did drop from the year before, but they were still the highest in the U.S. … Continue reading →
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An effort by California to create a powerful state consumer protection bureau could have a significant impact on banks, debt collectors and other financial firms as Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to fight against the Trump administration’s regulatory rollback. The new … Continue reading →
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A majority of voters support congressional investigations into Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ handling of student debt programs, according to the results of a new poll, which exposes how deeply unpopular the Trump Cabinet member is across the country. DeVos has … Continue reading →
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