Two horrifying debt collection stories have been reported this month out of Indonesia. Last week an Indonesian debt collector was murdered by a consumer for trying to collect a debt. Earlier this...

Modifying your mortgage may help with the financial trouble you are in, but voluntarily going into default so as to become qualified for a modification may have some unforeseen downsides.  Consider...

A Pennsylvania school district is considering hiring a debt collection agency to pursue children who owe lunch money. The school district is owed a total of about $3,000 for school lunches that were...

The Federal Trade Commission just issued its 2010 Annual Report on debt collection. Not surprisingly, debt collection is once again the single most complained about industry in the United States. The...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with a debt collection agency called West Asset Management.  The Federal Trade Commission is the federal agency that oversees debt collection...