Debt collection

Higher-education collection agency ConServe, regularly named a top performing company by the U.S. Department of Education, is expanding in Western New York.

The Texas-based company, owned and operated by a husband and wife, agreed to a $2.35 million penalty to settle charges it lied to consumer reporting agencies and charged consumers fees before providing any services.

DSG will pursue delinquent bills for ambulance rides under a contract approved Tuesday.

Americans were budget and money conscious with their tax returns this year, according to a survey by American Consumer Credit Counseling, a national financial education nonprofit organization.

Ocwen Financial Corp. agreed to pay $3.7 million to settle a lawsuit related to mortgage handling.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered a New Jersey company, Stonebridge Title Services Inc., to pay $30,000 for paying illegal kickbacks for referrals.

The city of Miami claims in a new lawsuit that JPMorgan Chase & Co. engaged in discriminatory lending practices for years that worsened the foreclosure crisis in minority neighborhoods during the last decade's housing crisis.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new challenge to help expand the technological arsenal that can be used in the battle against illegal phone spammers.

The lawsuit stands out as the first major legal action by a state against a credit bureau in recent years, but it may pressure other states and federal agencies to take public action.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is alerting residents about an email scam that uses her office’s name and falsely threatens prosecution to collect on supposed debts.

An operation that sent millions of spam text messages to consumers across the U.S. with false promises of gift cards to retailers has settled FTC charges.

The operators of a massive mobile cramming scheme will surrender more than $10 million in assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges.

DBA International voiced support for the federal enforcement action against the owner of Florida-based debt buyer United Credit Recovery.

A home builder that offers home financing has settled FTC charges that it deceived consumers by advertising low-cost mortgages while hiding fees and not disclosing critical information.

Legislation aimed at allowing student loan borrowers to refinance their debt died in the Senate on Wednesday after it failed to get the required 60 votes needed to advance the bill.

The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state's payday lenders can keep making the short-term loans, reversing a judgment from the Ninth District (Ohio) Court of Appeals.

A lawsuit filed by marijuana activists in Denver District Court claims that collecting pot taxes violates the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

A payment processing company has settled charges that it helped facilitate a credit card interest rate reduction scam that bilked tens of thousands of consumers out of nearly $10 million.

A former U.S. Bank employee, believed to be the man suspected of taking bribes from a Florida-based debt buyer, is currently awaiting sentencing for taking kickbacks in another case.

ACA International responded to criticism of a proposal that would allow private collection agencies to recover unpaid taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service.