Invoking the bona fide error defense is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for a debt collector. The defense only works if...

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A District Court judge in New York has ruled in favor of the defendants in two separate Fair Debt Collection...

Portfolio Recovery Associates is closing its office in Birmingham, Ala., which will affect 133 employees who worked there. The company...

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A proposed settlement has been reached between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a debt collector it sued back in...

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A pair of national consumer advocacy groups are calling on the federal government to cancel student loan debts "across-the-board" as...