If there's one name on the bill, could two paychecks really be at risk? Here's what creditors can actually do.

Your credit card balance can quietly reshape your retirement healthcare, and not always in the way you'd expect.

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 ...

High-rate debt has become an increasingly common part of many people's financial lives over the last decade and the economic issues that have been looming recently, like sticky (but now cooling) ...

A credit card charge-off won't wipe the slate clean, despite what it sounds like. Here's what happens instead.

More Americans are taking on debt and falling behind on bills. The people calling them to collect often endure a torrent of ...

Who's this for? Pacific Debt Relief is one of the oldest companies on our list, having settled more than $500 million in ...

For many people, debt happens slowly and then all at once. Austin Kilgore, analyst for the Achieve Center for Consumer ...

Rising credit card balances and high interest rates can make it difficult to keep up with monthly payments, especially when ...

A debt collector is suing state Rep. Kalan Haywood of Milwaukee for missing payments on almost $6,000 of credit card debt.