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Dublin, Ala., an unincorporated borough in Montgomery County, is reviewing whether to hire a collection agency to pursue nearly $100,000 in overdue water, sewer and trash accounts.

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a debt relief operation with falsely representing to financially distressed homeowners and student loan borrowers that it would help get their mortgages and student loans modified.

JetPay, a payments processor and provider of card services, has agreed to buy CollectorSolutions, also a payments processor.

The expected 100% growth in card not present (CNP) fraud by 2018 threatens small and medium businesses as well as enterprises, and companies need to shore up their data and customer analytics now to stem the tide.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday hit Citigroup with $8 million in fines and restitution for allegedly selling credit card debt with inflated interest rates and failing to send consumer payments to debt buyers.

Shares in the online small-business lender plunged Tuesday after the firm's 2016 revenue guidance fell short of expectations. New details about the firm's plans to provide its technology to big banks did nothing to stanch the bleeding.

Violations of state and local debt collection statutes aren’t violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday.

A TransUnion analysis found that prior evictions and rental-related collection records are highly predictive of future evictions.

Taiwan-based computer hardware maker ASUSTeK Computer Inc. agreed to settle FTC charges that critical security flaws in its routers put the home networks of hundreds of thousands of consumers at risk.

A bill passed by the Wisconsin state legislature last week alters consumer law to ease regulations for debt collectors.