A fair credit card debt settlement is typically somewhere between 50% and 70% of your outstanding balance, though settlements ...

Disputing collections debt can protect your credit, but only if you know when it actually makes sense to do so.

You may have options if a debt settlement no longer feels right, but the timing, paperwork and payments matter.

The likelihood that a debt collector will sue you over an unpaid balance depends on the debt, the amount and how collectible ...

(Mass Appeal) - As of the third quarter of 2024, Massachusetts residents had an average credit card debt of $8,685, ranking 10th highest among U.S. states. Gordon Oliver, the Director of Business ...

This page was originally published in mid-2021 and still contains relevant interview quotes from that time. The rest of the article has since been updated. Tana Williams and her husband found ...

Complaints about aggressive debt collection have skyrocketed in recent months, federal data shows, a sign that more Americans are falling behind on credit cards and medical bills. The rise in ...