If a bill lands in collections, the fallout escalates quickly. So, you should know what to expect and how to fix it.

With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who ...

In April 2025, Freedom Debt Relief reviewed data from tens of thousands of people actively looking for help with their debt. The numbers might be surprising. About one in four has at least one account ...

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A collection account is a debt your original creditor has sold to a debt collection agency. Creditors, like banks or credit card companies, usually send your account to collections if payments are ...