Patrick Lunsford

Unverified Debt Collection Complaints Rise in FTC's 2011 Report

FDCPA Lawsuits in 2011 Revised Up Over 12,000

Credit Card Charge-offs and Delinquencies Fall; Mortgage Arrears Still Very High

Portfolio Recovery Associates Crosses into Mega-firm Territory with 2011 Results

FCC Rule Adoption to Allow Autodialer Calls to Cell Phones for Debt Collection

Major Banks See Credit Card Charge-Offs Slip in January

Debt Collectors are Discussed in Every Corner of the Internet

Encore Capital Reports Surge in Profit and Revenue; Close to $500 million in 2011

Asta Funding Reports Increase in Income on Decline in Revenue

Consumer Credit Soars in December for Second Straight Month

NCO Settles Debt Collection Action with 19 States

Collectors Doing More for Clients, Keeping Less Money: Study

California Senate Passes Fair Debt Buyers Practices Act

New CFPB Director Richard Cordray Appears on Meet the Press

Some Card Issuers See Jump in Charge-offs in December, But Not Citi

ARM Giant iQor Names New President

Consumers Can File TCPA Suits Against Collectors in Federal Court: Supreme Court

Capital One, ARM Firm Settle Credit and Debt Collection Case for $13.5 million

State AG Moves to Shut Down Collection Agency

Supreme Court Sides with Issuers in Credit Card Arbitration Case