After a long pandemic pause, the federal government has flipped the switch back on for defaulted student loans, and the ...

Complaints about debt collectors have soared, according to new federal data. The Federal Trade Commission received 194,225 ...

Getting calls from debt collectors can be unsettling, but if you encounter these red flags, chances are you're dealing with a ...

Student loan borrowers in default will soon face wage garnishment and the withholding of federal benefits as the Trump ...

A borrower is in default after an extended period without making payments and failing to restore the loan to good standing.

A fight over whether New Jersey debt collectors face liability for unlicensed consumer lending is forcing state justices to confront whether the Legislature quietly jettisoned a century of private ...

Having watched Chicago's City Council rebel against his budget -- to some extent, anyway -- Mayor Brandon Johnson is now ...

Starting in January, the Trump administration says it will garnish the wages of student loan borrowers who haven’t been able to make their payments for at least nine months. “It’s cruel and hostile to ...

Having watched Chicago’s City Council rebel against his budget and pass its own, Mayor Brandon Johnson is now focused on the matter of how (and if) the city collects its past-due debts. Going forward, ...

With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who are struggling with record levels of credit card debt. Meanwhile, consumer ...

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has referred more than 355,000 people to private debt collector Recoveriescorp since January 2024, the Guardian recently revealed. Among those targeted are ...

Even as America’s affordability crisis scales new heights, there was recently a rare ray of hope for millions of student borrowers who finally received debt relief thanks to a landmark legal ...