Brex reports that business credit bureaus are vital for assessing a company's creditworthiness, influencing financing, and ...

Debt collection generates more fraud reports to the FTC than any other industry, according to the agency. But even legitimate collectors must follow strict rules. The Fair Debt Collection Practices ...

Although most of us think of the typical scam victim as an older person, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in ...

In a related trend, state courts are seeing a spike in debt collection lawsuits. Court filings surged in 2023 and 2024, according to a Sept. 2 report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, based on data from ...

Since 2019, the number of hospital lawsuits against patients in New York has fallen from 14,000 to 100 annually.

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Experts warn that Indiana’s cities, towns and counties could take a hit to their credit rating through no fault of their own, but rather due to continued fallout from the state’s effort to curb ...

Rep. Ed DeLaney, D-Indianapolis, speaks while on stage at the Dentons Legislative Conference on Dec. 13, 2023. Experts warn that Indiana’s cities, towns and counties could take a hit to their credit ...

Some 90% of the estimated 2,500 debt collection agencies in the Netherlands may not be registered with the justice department screening authority, which they are now required to do by law, justice ...