Economy

Complaints about debt collectors filed by consumers with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau increased 10% in 2020 compared with 2019, ranking the industry only behind credit or consumer reporting in terms of the total number of complaints that were filed last year, a year in which the total number of …

Previously, on “All My Garnishments” we saw several characters rush to protect the economic stimulus funds that have started landing in consumers’ bank accounts from being garnished by big, bad debt collectors. In today’s episode, Sen. Pat Toomey [R-Penn.], the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, blocked legislation that …

As we turn our attention to another episode of “All My Garnishments” there have been a number of developments aimed at keeping debt collectors from garnishing the economic stimulus funds that are now being deposited into the bank accounts of consumers nationwide. On the Congressional level, a bill was introduced …

Fewer people plan to use their income tax returns this year to pay down debt or catch up on bills and will instead put that money away for a rainy day or make a big purchase like a car or house, according to the results of a survey released by …

Performant Recovery has filed a notice with the state of Oregon that it is planning on laying off 60 employees at its location in Grants Pass, Ore., and will not bring back 31 employees who had been furloughed, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and changes to student loan collections as the …

The number of individuals who are at least three months behind on their mortgages has increased by 250% in the past year, and 11 million renters and homeowners are at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure or eviction, according to a report issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau …

More than 44% of individuals with student loan debt have not made any payments since last March, according to the results of a poll released on Friday. About 22% of the individuals who participated in the poll said they had some form of student loan debt, with most of the …

Profits for all of 2020 were up at Encore Capital Group even though it made less money in the fourth quarter than it did in the same period a year earlier, according to the company’s quarterly financials that were released yesterday. Even though the company spent 34% less on portfolio …

A big bill is coming due soon for a lot of people across the country who are likely to end up hearing from debt collectors but are probably not going to be able to repay the debt, according to a report from the National Consumer Law Center. The NCLC’s report …

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article was originally published by Jamie Welsh at Harvest Strategy Group and is re-published here with the company’s permission. As we noted in an earlier blog, the era of ultra-low charge-off rates is not going to last forever. When delinquency rates begin to climb towards the back end of 2021, …