Debt Collection

Even After Foreclosure, Texas Company Pursue Second Mortgages

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Debt Collector, Video, Borrower, Foreclosure Crisis, Heritage Pacific Financial, Lender, Debt Collection, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Fraud, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Foreclosure, Second Mortgages, Business News

If there’s any upside to foreclosure it’s the relief that comes with no longer being in debt. But one Texas company seems to be testing even that ...

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Hospital CEO To Step Down Amid Accretive Health Debt-Collection Controversy

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.24.2012

Mark Eustis, the president CEO of a Minnesota hospital company under fire from state and federal authorities for allegedly harsh tactics its employees...

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Going After A Dead Man's Debt And Other Debt Collector Horror Stories

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Asset Acceptance, Video, Debt Collector Abuse, Debtors' Prison, Debt Collection, Class Action Lawsuit, Debts, Slideexpand, Accretive Health, Business News

One Michigan-based debt collector has allegedly been trying to collect debts from people who don't owe them, including one man who has been dead for y...

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'We Are Giving The Image That We Are Money-Hungry,' Hospital Workers Say

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.16.2012

Employees at Minnesota hospitals that contracted with Accretive Health repeatedly complained about the company's methods of getting money from patient...

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Dealing With Debt Collectors: Be Their Friends

Kevin Yu | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Debt Collection Harassment, Debt Collectors, Debt Settlement, Debt Collection Industry, Debt Collection, Paying Off Debt, Dealing With Debt, Money News

Debt collection agencies are used to being yelled and cursed at, so why not take the opposite approach and try to be their friends?

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Hospital Debt Collector Taps Washington Bigwigs In Bid To Restore Reputation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.15.2012

Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire for allegedly hounding hospital patients over unpaid bills, has hired former President George W...

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For Your Own Good: Debt Collectors Say They Help Hospital Patients By Demanding Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.11.2012

Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire from Minnesota and federal officials for aggressive tactics to squeeze money from hospital pati...

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What To Do When You're Getting Calls About Someone Else's Debt

Bankrate | Steve Bucci | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Debt Collectors, Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, ID Theft, Crime, Identity Theft, Debt Collection, Debt Collection Industry, Financial Crime, Payday Loans, Financial Crimes, Debt Collector Harassment, Money News

Dear Debt Adviser, I am a victim of identity theft. The person who stole my ID took out a payday loan and used a fake bank account number. I am now b...

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Bad News for Most Debt Collectors and Good News for Consumers

Bill Bartmann | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Politics, Debt, Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, Debt Collectors, Debt Collection, Debt Collection Policy, Money News

Even with new regulations, Massachusetts and the rest of the nation still have a long way to go before we see more common sense than common criminals in the ranks of debt collectors and their accomplices.

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Rahm Emanuel Fights For Widely Criticized Debt Collector

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.08.2012

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants his Democratic colleague Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson to lay off hospital debt-collector Accretive Health,...

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Debt Collector Getting People To Pay Up By Being Nice

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Accounts Receivable Management Industry, Debt, Video, Insidearm, Debtors' Prison, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Debt Collection, Federal Trade Commission, Assets Receivable, Business News

Turns out nice guys may not always finish last. Access Receivables, a Baltimore-based debt collection agency, is finding success using a novel app...

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Debt Collectors Might Be Employed To Recoup City's Unpaid Water Bills

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Debt, Debt Collectors, Canton, Debtors, Debt Collection, Debt Collection Industry, Debt Collectors Facebook, Ohio, Recession, Debt Collector Harassment, Video, Business News

The city of Canton, Ohio might be giving the debt-collection industry some rather good business soon. The Canton city council will vote Monday on w...

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Nonprofit Hospitals Sued 40,000 Patients Over Unpaid Bills

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Lori Swanson, Debt, Debt Collectors, Video, Pete Stark, Uninsured, Minnesota, Health Care Costs, Debt Collection, Economy, Al Franken, Hospitals, Jobs, Health Insurance, Business, Health Care, Healthcare, North Carolina, Business News

Hospitals in North Carolina are taking debt-collection to a whole new level. Certain North Carolina hospitals sued 40,000 patients for unpaid bill...

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Fake Collectors Use Payday Lender Info To Scare People Into Paying Debts They Don't Owe

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Video, Debt Collectors, Debt Collector Abuse, Diana Mey, Debt Collection, Debt Collection Industry, Collection Agencies, Ftc, Debt Collectors Facebook, Payday Loans, Federal Trade Commission, Facebook, Debt Collector Harassment, Business News

Another day, another story of debt collectors acting shady. Some California residents recently started getting threatening calls from fake debt col...

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Woman Wins $10 Millon From Debt Collectors In Court, Can't Collect

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Debt, Debt Collectors, Video, Diana Mey, Debt Collector Settlement, Collection Agencies, Debt Collection Industry, Debt Collection, Settlements, Federal Trade Commission, Debt Collector Harassment, Business News

One woman is having trouble getting a debt collector to fork over its debt to her. Diana Mey, a West Virginia housewife, won an eight-figure court...

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Debt Collectors Want To Be Your Friend On Facebook

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Debt, Social Media, Debt Collectors, Consumer Debt, Debtors, Debt Collection, Debt Collection Industry, Ftc, Collection Agencies, Debt Collectors Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Facebook, Business News

Your Facebook profile can and will be used against you. A recent segment on KDVR, the Fox affiliate for Denver, reminds us that collection agencie...

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How To Avoid A Debt Collector Nightmare

Los Angeles Times | Scott J. Wilson | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Debt, Illegal Debt Collection, Debt Collectors, Debt Collection Nightmare, Debt Collection, Bills, Debt Collector Harassment, Know Your Rights, Money News

Debt collectors calling? You have rights. -- The debt collector must tell you -- within five days of initial contact -- the amount you owe, the nam...

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How to Hit a Home Run on Your Collections Debt

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Credit Reports, Credit Bureaus, Equinox, Credit Disputes, Experian, Trans Union, Debt Collectors, Debt Collection, Paying Off Debt, Financial Advice, Money News

If you have credit problems and you're facing those annoying calls by collections agents, here's how you can hit a home run to clear those accounts off of your credit report and improve your credit score.

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Debt Collectors Increasingly Using Abusive Threats, Insults, Lies: Report

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Working Poor, U.S. Economy, Debt, Debt Collectors, Video, Consumer Debt, Unemployment, Debt Collection Industry, Debt Collection, Business News

It's a debt collector's job to be nasty. And lately, they've performing that task quite well. Debt collectors have been adopting increasingly unpl...

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A Candy Store for Criminals: The Debt-Collection Business

Bill Bartmann | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Lori Swanson, Bill Bartmann, Martha Coakley, Minnesota Commerce, Mike Rothman, Debt Collector Investigation, Debt Collectors, Debt Collection, Debt Collectors Criminal Records, Politics News

It would be convenient to paint an innocent, it-happens-to-everyone portrait of the debt-collection industry, but the truth looks much less like a portrait and more like a mug shot: The debt-collection business has become a career of choice for criminals.

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It's Time for a "Regulatory Cocktail" Against Unethical Debt Collectors

Bill Bartmann | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Lori Swanson, Richard Cordray, Bill Bartmann, Martha Coakley, Darrell McGraw, Greg Abbott, Lisa Madigan, Mike deWine, Debt Collectors, Debt Collection, Business News

Many U.S. attorneys general are working with each other and with the federal government to control and eventually eradicate the scourge that is unethical debt collectors, because just one strategy alone seems not to be enough.

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8 Things Debt Collectors Won't Tell You

Credit.com | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Debt Myths, Debt, Debt Collectors, Debt Collector Myths, Credit Report, Debt Collection, Credit Score, Paying Off Debt, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Money News

It should come as no surprise that if you've fallen behind on your bills, you may be hearing from debt collectors. But there are things they aren't likely to tell you, and knowing these things can make all the difference in resolving your debts.

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Make My Phone Stop Ringing and You Just Might End Up in the White House!

Bill Bartmann | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Richard Cordray, Attorney General Greg Abbott, Consumer Debt, Debt, 2012 Presidential Election, 2012 Election, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Debt-Collection, Debt Collection, Attorny General Lori Swanson, 2012 U.S. Election, Consumer Protection, Elections 2012, Politics News

The targets for debt collectors have doubled in the last decade, with 14 percent of U.S. consumers today subject to debt collection. This 14 percent represents tens of millions of voters.

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The Other Sort of Domestic Abuse

Bill Bartmann | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Debt, Debt Collectors, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Debt Collection, Business News

For every complaint, how many people did not complain because they felt ashamed about their debt, scared about the consequences of complaining, or simply thought that nothing would happen if they reported the abuse?

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A New Kind of Killer App: RoboSigning 2.0

Bill Bartmann | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Borrowers, Foreclosures, Debt Collectors, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Robo-Signing, Debt Collection, Business News

You'd think that if debt collectors were suing you, they'd want to make a big deal out of it, right? Wrong: Their preferred method of delivery was a plain, first-class letter. Why? Because the mere fact of mailing was considered proper notice.

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