Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. Debt sales happen more often than borrowers realize, though, and they ...

Americans are carrying more than $1.23 trillion in collective credit card debt as of late 2025, at a time when average credit card APRs also hover above 20%. And, as the interest charges are tacked on ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Nearly 71 million Americans have debts that have gone into collections. So, what do you do if a collector calls? Don't panic, Nina Pineda has your consumer bill of rights. One of ...

We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. The answer depends on a few key factors, and the rules around collection ...

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New information from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on debt collection calls shows they are spiking. Almost 280,000 people nationally have complained in the last year about them, and at least 41% ...

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL)- Earlier this year, Carter County appointed Shaun Smith as the Veterans Services Officer after the previous one retired. “It’s what I’ve done my whole adult life, helping ...

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The Federal Trade Commission logged over 140,000 consumer complaints about debt collection in the second quarter — a 220% jump from the same period a year earlier. Georgia, Texas and Florida recorded ...

Artificial intelligence offers debt collection companies the opportunity to vastly improve margins while achieving higher levels of regulatory compliance and maximizing scalability, writes Ohad Samet, ...