There are no criminal penalties for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. It is enforced through civil suits brought by consumers against debt collectors. The Fair Debt Collection ...

No, a debt collector cannot legally make false statements about your debt. Still, some debt collectors will resort to these ...

There are rules that dictate when a debt collector can call you — and how many times they're allowed to do it.

If you're behind on debt payments, your lender might send you to collections. And while the harassing phone calls and ...

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) [1], is the federal consumer protection statute which regulates debt collection practices and establishes liability for abusive debt collection practices ...

In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to debt collection practices. Like 2023, the theme of 2024 was ...

This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision reversing a summary judgment order in a Fair ...

Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act through the use of the Speedpay payment processing service, by charging “convenience fees” to consumers who effectively have no ...

Part of the issue is that the recent surge in digital lending and automated debt collection systems has made mix-ups more ...

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) prevents bill collectors from threatening debtors with jail time but courts can send debtors to jail for unpaid child support. Creditors may have ...

The new year brings yet more distressing news from the Golden State. If you are in the commercial finance space, and you want ...