Knowing the timeline between charge-offs and collections can help you take action before the issue gets worse.

A credit card charge-off can hurt your credit and lead to other consequences, but there are ways to fix the issue.

Americans now hold a record $1.21 trillion in credit card debt, but some consumers could have their bills cut in half.

Credit card debt doesn't just disappear, but after a certain point, your creditors may be forced to write it off.

A growing number of people are finding themselves living paycheck to paycheck right now. Due to the ongoing government ...

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As the average credit card charge-off rate has declined sharply over the past six months, so has demand for collection agencies’ services. But an executive at one firm that performs both collections ...

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In my first job after graduating from the University of Colorado with a finance degree, I worked in a regional bank headquartered in the Denver area. Part of my responsibilities included overseeing ...

A well-known business columnist wrote a column tackling the subject of couples and credit. She addressed the issue of one spouse making the other an authorized user on their credit card and opined ...

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