Am I responsible for my spouse’s credit card debt when they die?
In most cases, you may not be responsible for your deceased spouse’s credit card debt, but there are some exceptions to look ...
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2024 Year in Review: Debt Collection and Debt Settlement
Although Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) priorities and mandates are undergoing shifts with the new Trump administration, the CFPB ...
What Debt Protections Could Consumers Lose Without the CFPB?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was launched in 2011 in response to the 2008 banking crisis, which destabilized millions of Americans. This new U.S. government agency' ...
Trump CFPB cuts raise concern about financial crises, conflict of interest
The Trump administration is well on its way to abolishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while state officials and ...
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4 Factors That Could Affect Your Debt — and What You Can Do
Tariffs, interest rates and policy changes could affect your debt load. Here's what experts say to watch for, and how to ...
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An Arm and a Leg: Medical-Debt Watchdog Gets Sidelined by the New Administration
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken major steps to help people with medical debt in its nearly 14-year history. It issued rules barring medical debt from Americans’ credit ...
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Legislation to overturn medical debt rule draws blowback
Legislation to Overturn Medical Debt Rule: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds and Representative Ralph Norman introduced resolutions to ...
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New York to toughen up laws to make up for weakened CFPB
Attorney General James emphasized the urgency of the bill, stating that many New Yorkers struggle with unfair business ...
'I fought to the very end': NC woman scores huge court victory over debt collector
The federal government has called Portfolio Recovery Associates a "repeat offender." A class-action lawsuit in North Carolina ...