Certain types of loans are secured by property. This gives the lender the ability to repossess the secured asset if you stop making payments. Mortgage debt is a type of secured debt: Your mortgage is ...

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Debt collectors are heroes or villains, depending on your point of view. If you own a business and are owed money, hiring a debt collector can help you get it back. If you are the person who owes ...

Avtal, a digital engagement platform that helps collection agencies increase revenue while delivering a better consumer experience, today announced it has raised $24 million in Series A and Seed ...

In order to keep your business ventures afloat, you must collect payment for your products or services. Unfortunately, not all customers are reliable. You likely have more pressing demands on your ...

Dealing with debt issues can be overwhelming, especially if your debt has been turned over to a debt collector to deal with. When your debt slips into collections, those simple monthly bills that you ...

After years of warning taxpayers that the IRS will never cold call you to collect a tax debt, things are about to change as the IRS begins handing over some of its debt-collection work to private ...

Did a debt collector freeze your bank account? Here's what to do next to protect your money and your rights.

Instead, the calls kept coming, day after day, each one a reminder that something had gone sideways with his plan to get ahead of his credit card balances. Like many Americans trying to take control ...

Uncle Sam needs some help collecting unpaid taxes, so the Internal Revenue Service will now use private companies to tackle this growing backlog of debt. The IRS announced earlier this month that it’s ...