<div id="subtitle">Consumers told refusing to pay will hurt their credit rating</div><div><p>Consumers around the country are complaining thatAfni, Inc., a debt collection agency, has been calling and mailing, demanding that consumers pay old Verizon telephone debts, some of them as much as 10 ...
<div id="subtitle">Sen. Schumer asks FTC to look into debt collectors asking people to pay dead relatives' bills</div><div><p>A senior senator is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reported instances of debt collection firms asking people to pay their dead relatives' credit card ...
<div><h1> PUBLIC DEBTS, HIRED GUNS </h1><p>States and cities are desperate for cash--so desperate they're turning to private debt collectors to go after delinquent taxpayers and other scofflaws. The thinking is that it's cheaper to outsource the task of collecting unpaid utility bills, ...
<div><h1> THE CASE FOR PRIVATE COLLECTORS </h1><p>If private debt collectors were truly the ineffective and unethical lot portrayed in "Public Debts, Hired Guns" (What's Next, Mar. 23 & 30), why would countless municipalities, states, and our federal government partner with them?</p><p> ...
<div id="subtitle">Regulations restrict how debt collectors can act</div><div><p>Debt collection is a highly regulated industry and consumers are protected under both federal and state laws. Here are some important things to know about dealing with debt collectors:</p><p>_ The federal Fair ...
<div><h1> SNAGGING DEBT COLLECTORS </h1><p>Not all dealmaking is dead. While many private equity firms, corporate buyers, and vulture investors have been scared off by the credit crunch, a flurry of activity is still occurring in one industry: companies that collect and buy ...
<div><p><p>Have a plan to stop debt collectors Are you in a lot of debt? </p> <p> You’re not alone. </p> <p> The Federal Reserve Board said consumer debt soared to an estimated $2.59 trillion in July, from $2.52 trillion in ...
<div><p><p>Are you in a lot of debt? You’re not alone. </p> <p> The Federal Reserve Board said consumer debt soared to an estimated $2.59 trillion in July, from $2.52 trillion in March 2008. </p> <p> Are you in over your ...
<div id="subtitle">NY AG probes debt collection industry, shuts 2 Buffalo-area firms accused of abuses</div><div><p>State officials have closed two debt collection companies in western New York as part of a new investigation into alleged abuses in the collections industry.</p><p>New York ...
<div id="subtitle">Buffalo-based collectors allegedly used illegal tactics</div><div><p> New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today shut down a nationwide collection operation that consisted of at least nine debt collection companies across Western New York, run by Buffalo resident Tobias Boyland, the latest ...
