WASHINGTON (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued a major debt collection law firm on Monday, alleging it is a “mill” that produces shoddy, mass-produced credit-card collection lawsuits.

The CFPB’s role in enforcing consumer protections may diminish as the federal agency undergoes changes and possible elimination. Consumers can still report issues to the FTC, OCC and state attorneys ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. Find my match Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. In 2023 alone, the Consumer Financial ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. Before a debt collector can pursue you for a debt, they are generally required to first send you a debt validation letter. This ...

The rule would have removed more than $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said at the time it was finalized. A ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that will forbid medical debt from appearing on Californians’ credit reports. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters Californians’ credit reports will be safe from most ...

The Trump administration has issued an interpretive rule that undermines state laws forbidding the inclusion of medical debt on consumers’ credit reports. The guideline published in the Federal ...