Knowing what can and can't happen during the debt collection process may help you avoid costly mistakes.

If you fall behind on your credit card bills or other debts, your account may be sold to a collection agency. Use this four-step plan to pay off that debt quickly. Having a collection account listed ...

Creditors comparing collection agencies can ask to see time-stamped status on each placed account and a way to report ...

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 ...

This article was excerpted from Ultimate Credit and Collections Handbook. As an account ages, the chances of collecting on it decrease dramatically. It’s expensive to carry accounts that you will not ...

If you've fallen behind on a $5,000 debt and a collection agency is hounding you for payments, you might be worried about what happens next. Owing a few thousand dollars to a debt collector can put ...

Certain business models seem to have unshakable stigmas associated with them. Sometimes it’s deserved, such as from decades of unethical or sneaky behavior by players in the industry, and in other ...

Freelance work, a product of the part-time economy trend, has skyrocketed as more companies turn to temporary contractors to fill position gaps. The U.S. has seen a vast increase in freelancers in ...

Today's Conclusion Fund transfer service providers are required to protect 100% or more of user funds, and issuers of prepaid ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Over half the collection agencies surveyed not only thrived during the pandemic, but actually outperformed their pre-pandemic metrics in a nationwide ...