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With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who are struggling with record levels of credit card debt. Meanwhile, consumer ...

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A new HomeLight survey reveals 80% of lenders observed increased consumer debt-to-income ratios, with 87% citing debt consolidation as the primary reason for HELOC usage in 2025. The survey also ...

When Ciara Zurita-Jackson started sharing details about her credit card debt with internet strangers last year, she was doing it to hold herself accountable. Growing up, Zurita-Jackson wasn’t taught ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sands & Associates, BC’s largest firm of Licensed Insolvency Trustees dedicated to personal debt help services, released complete ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Association for Consumer Debt Relief (ACDR), the leading advocate for the debt relief industry nationwide, is pleased to welcome Michael Lukso as its new Head of ...

My late father was the youngest of six children who were born in the depths of the Great Depression. He grew up in a very small mining town just outside of St. George, UT. The family moved to Portland ...