City leaders said the effort will target repeat offenders with large unpaid balances.

Due to technology, operating a debt collection business from home has become easier than ever before. Modern communication tools allow contact with clients and receipt and storage of data and files ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If your debt is sent to collections you'll need to take immediate steps to avoid the financial impacts. / Credit: Siriporn ...

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 ...

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 ...

The debt collection industry was estimated to be in excess of $13.4B in 2021 with over 7,000 collection agencies. With such fragmentation in the industry, practices by collectors vary widely and the ...

Selecting the “right” collection agency partner is critical for providers, a panel of experts said Monday at the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s ANI 2013 conference in Orlando, Fla. The ...

A Virginia man said an unpaid toll and fine he was unaware of was sent to a collection agency, but it should have been covered by his E-ZPass account. Marine veteran Tim Evans, of Woodbridge, said he ...