(Reuters) -The U.S. consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the Centers for Disease Control ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday ordered Commonwealth Financial Systems, a debt collection agency specializing in medical debt, to shut down as a result of what CFPB determined were ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered medical debt collection agency Commonwealth Financial Systems to cease operations and pay a $95,000 fine for illegally trying to collect ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. Before a debt collector can pursue you for a debt, they are generally required to first send you a debt validation letter. This ...

Most business owners who invoice customers for goods or services will encounter the occasional late payment. However, if a customer’s invoice due date has come and gone and you can’t get a firm answer ...

Consumers take bill collectors to court, earning the label "credit terrorists." Feb. 5, 2010 — -- Americans with overdue debts usually face a daunting parade of punishments. First come the ...