Debt collection

The collection agency violated the law by sending a collection letter that could have identified the debtor.

Fannie Mae plans to sell its Washington, D.C., headquarters building within the next three years as it consolidates several office sites into a single location, the mortgage finance company announced Thursday.

National Association of Retail Collection Attorney’s President Joann Needleman has been appointed to serve on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Consumer Protection Advisory Board.

China Huarong Asset Management is tentatively set to go public later this year.

The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday the winners of its "Zapping Rachel" robocall contest held earlier this month at the DEF CON 22 hacking conference.

The median price of a residential home sold in July soared from a year ago but there are warning signs.

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's office filed a lawsuit Wednesday against four companies and their principals for operating a fraudulent loan modification scam.

Inc. magazine has ranked Autoscribe Corp., based in Gaithersburg, Md., on its 33rd annual Inc. 500|5000 list, a ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Autoscribe is an affiliate member of ACA International.

Corinthian Colleges Inc., the troubled for-profit higher-education company that will be closing operations under a deal with the U.S. Education Department, is now involved in settlement talks concerning alleged illegal debt collections.

Consumers indicated in August that they are more optimistic about the state of the economy even as they show concerns about the prospects for wage growth, according to the The Conference Board.

Equifax Inc. economists take an in-depth look at the highly publicized notion that subprime auto lending is creating the next bubble.

A new report from TransUnion indicates consumers are doing a better job of making timely payments even as lenders extend credit more often to people with troubled credit histories.

The company will pay more than $6 million in relief to consumers and a $1 million penalty if the proposed enforcement is approved.

Health care systems have long looked for new ways to collect patient accounts, particularly as deductibles rise and patients find it more difficult to pay outstanding balances.

Legislation aimed at allowing student loan borrowers to refinance their debt will return to the Senate floor for a second vote next month.

Goldman Sachs is in the final stages of negotiating $1.1 billion settlement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, according to a news report Friday.

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to shut down a debt relief and credit repair scam that falsely claimed the federal government funded the program and that it was endorsed by President Obama.

Inc. magazine has ranked Fairport, N.Y.-based collection agency ConServe on its 33rd annual Inc. 500|5000 list, a ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in the case of Hernandez v. Williams, Zinman & Parham, which concerns the interpretation and enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

A former Minnesota debt collector was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in federal prison.