Having debt forgiven can feel like a fresh start, but there are follow-up steps you should take to protect yourself.

When a debt is discharged, it can impact what you owe, but the process and outcome aren't always straightforward.

In April 2025, Freedom Debt Relief reviewed data from tens of thousands of people actively looking for help with their debt. The numbers might be surprising. About one in four has at least one account ...

Every year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issues a report on aggressive and illegal debt collection practices, and each year it details the shady and outright deceptive tactics debt ...

At TechSparks 2025, DPDzero’s Ananth Shroff explored how intelligent, sentiment-aware systems are transforming debt ...

Unpaid medical bills can linger, but you have options that can help ease, reduce or even eliminate what you owe.

* When it comes to consumer concerns, debt collection remains the top complaint most often reported to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Two newly-released CFPB reports reveal which ...

Complaints have tripled in Georgia in the last three years.

People who want to work with a collector should consider contacting a credit counsellor — such as the non-profit Credit ...