At first blush, credit card holders and other debtors might not respond sympathetically, but debt collectors say that a proposed federal regulation could substantially curtail their activities -- and, ...

Hundreds of thousands of borrowers who are behind on their federal student loans may be the target of some unwanted -- and expensive -- attention: A provision in President Obama's deficit reduction ...

Repossession agencies and other debt collectors could be affected by a proposed rule working its way through the Federal Communications Commission. Federal regulators are prepared to tighten the use ...

If you have defaulted on your federal student loan payments, Uncle Sam may start robocalling your cell phone until you to pay up. A budget agreement, now awaiting President Obama's signature, contains ...

You may want to think twice about putting your cell phone number on a credit application. The Federal Communications Commission says it will allow creditors to use automated dialers to call consumers' ...

The debt-collection industry has launched a push to modernize the laws that govern how they do business and what they’re allowed to do, and new legislation under consideration in Congress would give ...

WASHINGTON -- To the dismay of consumer groups and the discomfort of Democrats, President Obama wants Congress to make it easier for private debt collectors to call the cellphones of consumers ...