A new compliance scorecard highlights sweeping changes in state debt collection laws, with California expanding protections to certain commercial debts under SB 1286. These shifts come as the CFPB ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A California law bans colleges from withholding transcripts over debt. A recent study, however, found that 24 of ...

On February 27, the California DFPI entered a consent order resolving allegations that a debt collection firm violated multiple state and federal debt collection laws while operating without a license ...

Credit One Bank has agreed to pay just over $10 million to settle a civil consumer protection lawsuit alleging the company or its vendors made repeated, intrusive and harassing debt collection calls, ...

Consumers across the country are being bombarded with intimidating and sometimes aggressive debt collection calls, and federal data shows complaints about debt collection more than doubled from 2024 ...

Throughout 2025, Goodwin tracked nine enforcement actions concerning debt collection, a significant drop from the 16 actions tracked in 2024. Of those actions, six were handled by the Federal Trade ...