Debt collection

Thirteen St. Louis suburbs are named in a civil lawsuit filed Thursday by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster's office for alleged predatory traffic ticketing.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing a Texas-based company, Union Workers Credit Services, for allegedly deceiving consumers into paying fees to sign up for a sham credit card.

WASHINGTON - One day a mobile phone giant, the next day a furniture store catering to military service members.

An audit of Cheyney University in Pennsylvania found the school's financial status has deteriorated in the past five years, partly because of failed collection efforts. Bad debt increased 348% since 2010.

One of the defendants behind a massive landline cramming operation that placed more than $70 million in unauthorized charges on consumers’ phone bills has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges against him.

The Texas Attorney General's office is investigating an alleged identity theft ring where the callers sometimes are claiming to be collecting on behalf of a government agency.

Sprint Corp. likely faces a record $105 million fine from the Federal Communications Commission over unauthorized text messages and other services charged on customers' cell phone bills.

The Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hosted a “Debt Collection and the Latino Community Roundtable” in October to examine how collection and credit reporting impact Latino consumers - particularly those with Limited English Proficiency (LEP).

TransUnion’s annual auto loan forecast calls for auto loan debt to continue to rise to $18,244 at the end of 2015. This would mark 19 consecutive quarters of increases.

A Florida-based mortgage modification business and its owner are banned from the industry as part of a settlement resolving Federal Trade Commission charges that he tricked financially strapped consumers into paying for mortgage-relief services that he never provided.

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against two auto dealer groups, operating in five states with more than two dozen retail stores, for civil penalties for violating FTC administrative orders prohibiting them from deceptively advertising the cost of buying or leasing a car.

Two credit-reporting companies say that a jump in lending to borrowers with poor credit has helped lead to a growing number of Americans falling behind on their car payments.

The payday loan industry in South Dakota is warning about possible far-reaching problems if a coalition seeking to ban such lending in the state succeeds.

An estimated 43 million people carry delinquent medical debt on their credit reports and medical bills account for nearly half of all overdue debt on the reports, according to a study released Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Two companies that allegedly ran scams promising debt relief for student loan borrowers are named in separate enforcement orders announced Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is calling on the biggest credit reporting agencies to submit reports regularly on how they handle consumer disputes, and produce lists that name the furnishers and industries which have the most complaints.

Thirteen U.S. senators, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter to the Department of Education this week calling for it to use its authority to discharge federal student loans for students who attend colleges that break the law.

A report from the Department of Health and Human Services outlines the affordable options for consumers who use the Health Insurance Marketplace, including detailing savings on premiums for returning consumers who renew or change their insurance plans.

The national mortgage delinquency rate will be 2.51% in 2015, the lowest mark since the start of the recession in the third quarter of 2007, according to a TransUnion forecast.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released its semi-annual report to Congress. The report includes a review of the complaint process and collection industry rules.