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• Michiganders trapped under pressure of debt collectors

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2009 09:13

  After Jessica Wilson failed to pay $500 to a Flint hospital for treating her broken ankle last year, the bill collectors started calling. BY DAVID ASHENFELTERFREE PRESS STAFF WRITER “They would call eight, nine, 10 times a day,” the unemployed 21-year...

• Michiganders trapped under pressure of debt collectors

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2009 09:13

  After Jessica Wilson failed to pay $500 to a Flint hospital for treating her broken ankle last year, the bill collectors started calling. BY DAVID ASHENFELTERFREE PRESS STAFF WRITER “They would call eight, nine, 10 times a day,” the unemployed 21-year...

• Man says company's calls to his home equals harassment

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2009 09:09

  Craig Corder doesn't have any bad debts, but a collection agency has been relentless in calling his house twice a day for years. When nothing else could make the harrassment stop, he called 17 News....

• Mandatory arbitration weighed in investor cases

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2009 09:06

   12:00 AM CDT on Monday, August 31, 2009By PAMELA YIP / The Dallas Morning News pyip@dallasnews.com  If you have a dispute with your credit card issuer, stockbroker or cellphone provider, chances are you'll have to resolve it through arbitration –...

• New credit card law will impact terms

  Created: Wednesday, 26 August 2009 08:21

  By Leslie McFadden • Bankrate.com New credit card legislation recently signed into law by President Barack Obama will bring about sweeping changes in credit card policy. Many of the terms and conditions analyzed in our Credit Card exclusive will look su...

• Credit CARD crunch: The under-21 crowd will soon need a payment-prone co-signer to qualify

  Created: Wednesday, 26 August 2009 08:10

  By David Young • DavidYoung@coloradoan.com • August 16, 2009  As college students prepare to head to school this fall they will be inundated with new decisions, including whether to get a credit card.While some students are able to traverse the pitfa...

• Credit Card Accountability act now in effect

  Created: Wednesday, 26 August 2009 08:08

  Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:53 amWASHINGTON – The first provisions of the bipartisan Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act went into effect last week. As part of a series of reforms to the financial system, the provi...

• Review: Americans' appetite for debt did them in

  Created: Wednesday, 26 August 2009 08:05

  By Richard Eisenberg, Special for USA TODAYWe've all heard about "conspicuous consumption," the now out-of-vogue affliction. This economic malady has been usurped by "cannibal consumption" — the perilous intertwining of the housing and consumer credit m...

• FTC Announces Public Forum on Proposed Debt Relief Amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule

  Created: Thursday, 20 August 2009 13:21

  The Federal Trade Commission is inviting interested persons to participate in a public forum on November 4, 2009, to discuss proposed debt relief amendments to the Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule. The recently proposed rules seek to combat decepti...

• The New American Dream: Renting

  Created: Sunday, 16 August 2009 20:54

  It's time to accept that home ownership is not a realistic goal for many people and to curtail the enormous government programs fueling this ambition. By Thomas J. Sugrue 'A man is not a whole and complete man," wrote Walt Whitman, "unless he owns a hous...

• He took the fight to debt collectors — and he collected

  Created: Sunday, 16 August 2009 20:52

  By CLAIR JOHNSON Of The Gazette Staff  When debt collectors began hounding Tim McCollough to pay an old credit card bill, the Laurel man fought back and won big.A federal jury in April awarded McCollough $311,000 from a North Dakota law firm for violati...

• Know your rights, negotiate when bill collector calls

  Created: Sunday, 16 August 2009 20:49

  In these hard times, many people are falling behind on their bills.  And while consumers shouldn't expect to dodge paying what they owe, no one has to put up with abusive calls from bill collectors....

• USOBA Winter Conference 2009

  Created: Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:04

  The United States Organizations for Bankruptcy Alternatives (USOBA), a trade association advocating for fair regulation and consumer protection in the debt settlement industry, announced their 2009 Winter Conference today.USOBA provides information regard...

• Debt Settlement Leadership Conference

  Created: Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:43

   As you know, our industry is rapidly evolving, and we believe that to combat this change we should take collaborative action to form an appropriate response. This conference is designed to give companies within the debt settlement arena equal footing on...

• When your spouse's debt collection becomes your nightmare

  Created: Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:40

  Whose assets are at risk when a spouse neglects to pay on debt?By Sharon Anne WaldropIf your spouse's credit card debt is headed south and the debt collectors are calling, there is a good chance that your assets are at risk, too....

• Debtors get a break with suit

  Created: Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:38

  By Virgil LarsonWORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER A class-action lawsuit against a debt-collection company has been settled, with the result that 2,371 Nebraskans on whom allegedly illegal methods were used in trying to collect bills will get at least some of th...

• Debt Collectors Make Threatening, Harassing Calls

  Created: Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:33

  When a Middle Tennessee woman answered the phone one day, she said she never thought she'd be threatened and harassed.It was a debt collector who wanted her to pay a bill that was six years old, a bill she didn't even know she owed....

• Credit Card Rules For Under-21s: Wise Idea or Ticket To Financial Hardship?

  Created: Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:30

  By WSJ StaffSunday Journal reporter Jonnelle Marte writes:The White House recently signed into law sweeping legislation intended to change the way Americans obtain and use their credit cards. One of the bill’s reforms will make it harder for consumers u...

• Widespread Harassment from Phony Debt Collectors Raises Concerns of Mass Data Breach, Warns BBB

  Created: Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:25

  Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Scammers may have Social Security and bank account numbers, home addresses and employer information Chicago, IL - August 5, 2009 - The Better Business Bureau is issuing an alert about phony debt collectors that are calling consu...

• Julie Jason: Be wary of debt relief claims

  Created: Monday, 10 August 2009 11:24

  Updated: 08/07/2009 07:04:27 PM EDTIn financial distress and getting ready to respond to the "Are you in debt? -- We can help" ads on the radio and TV? Getting calls at home with offers to settle your debts with 10 cents on the dollar? ...