Debt collection

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a notice last week in the Federal Register proposing a boarding form to streamline how company information is collected.

Texas-based collection agency Dyck O’Neal reportedly has filed an estimated 240 deficiency judgment lawsuits in Palm Beach County, Fla. this year, hoping to collect the mortgage debt that remains after foreclosures are processed.

The Federal Trade Commission has approved an order resolving allegations that Google Inc. unfairly billed consumers millions of dollars for in-app charges incurred by children without their parents’ consent.

ECMC Group's plans to acquire 56 campuses from Corinthian Colleges, a deal that would create the largest nonprofit career-college system in the U.S., has met criticism from lawmakers in a letter sent to the Department of Education.

More borrowers are falling behind on their car payments and the total amount of outstanding debt is reaching new high marks, according to Experian's latest report.

Encore Capital Group Inc., a San Diego-based debt buying firm, announced it is providing $124,000 in scholarships to students at 43 community colleges across the U.S., as part of its new national program, the Encore Capital Group Scholarship Fund.

Premier Consulting Group settled CFPB charges on Thursday, a month after another debt settlement firm's case closed with a nine-year prison sentence for its owner.

Daily spending among middle- and lower-income Americans, those with annual household incomes of less than $90,000 a year, increased to $79 in November from $76 in October, according to a new Gallup poll.

A class-action lawsuit filed in California accuses CorrectiveSolutions of unfairly collecting debts by paying district attorneys to use their letterheads and seals.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has approved several new rules for debt collectors, including an extended period for consumers to dispute a collection attempt.

New York regulators on Wednesday are set to announce new debt collection rules that will require collectors to produce loan documents or a court judgment if requested. Regulators believe the rules will help guide an industry that has gone largely unregulated despite thousands of consumer complaints each year.

An Atlanta-based health billing company and its former CEO settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they misled thousands of consumers who signed up for an online billing portal.

Charity care and community benefit at the Cleveland Clinic jumped to $652 million in 2013, up 7% from $610 million in 2012, according to numbers released by health system.

Lowell Group, a United Kingdom-based provider of credit management services specializing in debt recovery and data analytics, has earned a consulting agency's highest rating awarded for customer service.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will hold a field hearing on medical debt collections at noon, EST on Dec. 11 in Oklahoma City.

Account Control Technology Inc. has been recognized as the No. 1 private collection agency on the U.S. Department of Education's unrestricted contract for the quarter ending September 30.

In South Africa, debt collectors have been dealt a major setback with new legislation requiring that any debt more than three years old cannot be pursued for collections.

The pricing of auto loans through dealerships by Toyota Motor Credit Corp., the lending arm of Toyota Motors Corp., could lead to an enforcement action from U.S. authorities, the company said.

Preventing and managing data breaches are two of the highest priorities facing businesses. To help executives plan ahead, Experian Data Breach Resolution has released its second annual Data Breach Industry Forecast, a white paper outlining key issues and trends to watch for in 2015.

A bipartisan group of 38 state attorneys general submitted comments asking the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on scammers who collect money from telemarketing victims.