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Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, The Washington Post Published 12:36 pm PDT, Thursday, August 1, 2019 A federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for the Education Department to stop using private debt collectors and revamp the way it handles overdue student…
© AP Photo / Patrick Semansky WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Senate Banking Committee has begun collecting information for an investigation of a data breach by one…
State Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, speaks during a House committee meeting Feb. 6 at the Capitol in Springfield. Guzzardi was the House sponsor of a bill…
Debt collection firm Credit Corp has lifted full-year profit nine per cent More Debt collection firm Credit Corp has lifted full-year profit nine per cent…
NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released today data through July 2019 for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. The…
Monday, August 12, 2019 Under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, the IRS can notify the State Department when taxpayers owe a seriously delinquent tax…
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 In a precedential opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit concluded that a plaintiff in a class action complaint…
View photos This post originally appeared on The Basis Point: Household Debt—How Much Money Does Everybody Owe? Q2 2019 Edition Every quarter, the…
Lawsuits filed by Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital against people over unpaid medical bills have led to court delays, according to The Post-Star. Glen Falls City Court…
If you have credit cards with low credit limits, you may be interested in increasing your credit limit. In this article, we’ll talk about why your…
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