Carrying debt into retirement can strain your finances—here’s how to strategically pay it down and protect your fixed income.

The nation’s debt now tops $38 trillion. It’s an unfathomable amount of money, so consider this: Every citizen’s share of ...

The Trump administration wants to thwart state efforts to remove medical debt from credit reports, potentially eroding ...

When I was 35, I made it a priority to schedule my annual mammograms because my mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer at just 50. In early 2018, I discovered a lump during a breast self-exam. I ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A former telecom employee is being accused of stealing up to $32,000 at her company after she posed as debt collection agent. In 2022, a Maryland Heights-based telecom company ...

Lawsuits challenging an Iowa debt collection law have been settled confidentially. The settlement leaves the constitutionality of the "confession of judgment" statute unresolved. Iowa Student Loan ...

The Federal Trade Commission logged over 140,000 consumer complaints about debt collection in the second quarter — a 220% jump from the same period a year earlier. Georgia, Texas and Florida recorded ...

Medical debt is one of the leading causes of financial insecurity for American families and can often come about from unexpected illness or injuries. An analysis of government data by KFF published in ...

Artificial intelligence offers debt collection companies the opportunity to vastly improve margins while achieving higher levels of regulatory compliance and maximizing scalability, writes Ohad Samet, ...

The Trump administration is exploring whether to sell the federal government’s massive student debt portfolio to private companies, raising questions about what the move could mean for student loan ...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, chair of the Assembly’s Health Committee, said grassroots organizing and effective messaging has helped reduce the aggressive debt collection tactics of many hospitals.