A frozen bank account signals serious debt trouble, but it can also be the moment to resolve the issue for good.

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Debt collectors have more tools than you'd expect, but there's a clear line around what they can and can't do.

Creditors don't have to settle for less than what you owe, but if yours won't budge, you may still have options.

One day last September, while trying to pay for groceries, Leslie Alvarez got the shock of her life. All the money in her bank account had disappeared. The Houston single mother called her bank. An ...

This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision reversing a summary judgment order in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case. The court found that there were ...

On March 18, the governor of Washington signed into law the Uniform Consumer Debt Default Judgments Act, which expands consumer protections in debt collection lawsuits by imposing new complaint and ...

Nigeria escaped by the skin of its teeth late last year when a London court struck down the controversial judgment debt it owed to an Irish firm, Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), ...