Debt collection

Complaints against collectors logged in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s database rose in June but trailed April's total.

An FTC report outlines changes companies need to make to protect consumers from mobile cramming scams.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine countered criticism of alleged favoritism in the state's debt collection program by announcing his office had a record year in collecting money owed to the state.

A Government Accountability Office report on medical credit cards and related products follows a request from lawmakers who have expressed concerns about medical debt and predatory lending against people with no insurance or not enough insurance.

Total outstanding U.S. auto loans reached a record high of $902.2 billion through April, an increase of more than 10% from the same time a year earlier, according to the latest Equifax National Consumer Credit Trends Report released Thursday.

RealtyTrac's U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report for the second quarter shows that 17% of all residential properties were seriously underwater.

ACA International has announced the board of directors and officers for 2014-15.

Collection agency Bounceback Inc., based in Kansas City, Mo., is accused in a federal lawsuit of "renting" county prosecutor seals to threaten people with jail time if they did not pay their debts.

Federal and state regulators announced legal action Wednesday against foreclosure relief defendants that used deceptive marketing tactics to collect illegal fees from struggling homeowners.

Federal and state regulators announced legal action Wednesday against foreclosure relief defendants that used deceptive marketing tactics to collect illegal fees from struggling homeowners.

A text message spammer and his company settled federal charges of sending millions of text messages and trolling for personal financial information.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is facing criticism for his handling of collection contracts after a report found companies were giving campaign donations while the state was reviewing bids for the work.

A collection scam reported in Florida involves e-mails that appear to come from the state attorney's office but originate overseas.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has started fielding complaints about nonbank products such as debt settlement, credit repair and pawn and title loans.

A U.S. district court on Monday halted a Buffalo, N.Y.-based collection agency from doing business, froze the operation's assets and appointed a temporary receiver to take over the defendants' business pending trial.

Federal regulators hope hackers can help put a stop to automated telemarketing calls such as the well known "Rachel from Cardholder Services."

Missouri regulators are weighing whether to stop a practice in the state of allowing payday lenders to collect utility bill payments from customers.

The U.S. Department of Education has not properly overseen the collection agencies it hired to pursue delinquent federal student loans, according to an audit released by the department's inspector general.

A new report shows a total of 613,874 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings - default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions - in the first half of 2014, a 19% drop from the previous six months.

New rules published by New York State regulators include better disclosures for collection communications, provisions for email, protections against time-barred collection and stronger verification procedures.