Debt collection

HBO's Last Week Tonight on Sunday took a detailed look at the business of debt collection and debt buying, then forgave nearly $15 million in medical debt.

Two debt buyers have entered into consent judgments with the New York Department of Financial Services for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and New York Debt Collection Procedures Law.

Credit quality can only go downhill from here. Speaking at an industry conference Thursday, the heads of several big banks — including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and U.S. Bancorp — warned of looming deterioration in their loan books.

Alorica Inc., a customer service company, has acquired Expert Global Solutions, a call center operator that supports accounts receivable management firms.

A federal court jury in Utah delivered a verdict in favor of the FTC against three Utah-based firms and their owner, finding that they engaged in deceptive and unlawful telemarketing campaigns.

PRA Group Inc., a Norfolk, Va.-based debt-buying giant, announced Friday both the resignation of executive Neal Stern and a series of organizational changes.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its long-awaited proposal Thursday to regulate payday, auto title and certain high-cost installment loans without a key provision that would have allowed banks to compete by offering their own small-dollar loans.

Access to credit helps unemployed consumers by giving them more time to find a new job with higher pay, according to research by economists from the University of Minnesota and Dartmouth College.

Fannie Mae announced it sold its third Community Impact Pool of non-performing loans to New Jersey Community Capital.

A legislative proposal has surfaced in Congress that seeks to disrupt much of the U.S. system of reporting and using credit information, including potentially major changes in credit scores.

A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court accuses Atlanta-based Equifax of failing to keep its promises to protect the personal information of Kroger employees.

A Georgia auto title lender has contributed nearly $240,000 in additional funds to two South Dakota political organizations waging campaigns over a pair of short-term lending ballot measures, according to campaign finance records released Friday.

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing a Florida-based company and its owners of charging students illegal fees for debt relief services.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reached an $85,000 settlement Wednesday with a former Wells Fargo mortgage loan officer.

Academics are challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's study of auto title loans, calling the findings inconsistent with state data.

The city has launched a feasibility study to determine if it is worthwhile to sell some of the debt to a third party.

The CFPB has handled approximately 143,700 complaints about credit reporting - including wrong information on reports and problems have errors resolved - since October 2012.

TCF Financial in Wayzata, Minn., is hoping a new product line aimed at the underbanked will also breathe new life into its once-bustling branches.

A lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, Calif., targets the collection system used on several toll roads operated by the state’s Transportation Corridor Agencies.

Consumers applying for a new mortgage are on average two to three times more likely to open a new auto loan or credit card account over the next 12 months, according to a new TransUnion study. Many of these consumers open these accounts as soon as one month after their existing mortgage payoff.