NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recalling its earlier research on the family wealth lost as a result of the Great Recession, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), holds...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a national initiative, dubbed Operation Collection Protection, to further protect consumers...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist At one time or another, many consumers have fallen behind on paying their bills. For the working poor, unemployed and...
(CBS News) – For a lot of debt collection companies, it’s hard to stay on the right side of the law. That’s because consumers have...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist For succeeding generations, retirement has been the time when older Americans reaped the benefits of their years in the workplace. Oftentimes...
LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The country is facing an epidemic of unscrupulous debt collectors willing to pose as law enforcement and threaten...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 35 percent of Americans have debts and unpaid bills that have been reported to collection agencies,...
