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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reconsidering a set of recent consumer protections that won broad public support, ...

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Debt collectors rarely disappear on their own. Old balances can be sold, resold, and pursued in different ways for years, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new U.S. Department of Education regulation to narrow eligibility for a key student debt relief program for public service workers has drawn strong opposition from advocates who argue the regulation ...