Category: Finances

Warning at the end of a Legalzoom TV ad "Legalzoom is not a law firm or a substitute for the advice of an attorney and provides self-help services at your specific direction." This warning lasts [...]

Dirty little secret about payday loans - annual percentage rates of 650%. by Kevin Wack OCT 2, 2014 5:22pm ET According to an article in the American Banker, Consumer Finance, "the Pew Charitable Trusts has [...]

Flagstar Bank admits to unlawful practices that caused many consumers to lose the homes they were trying to save. "That is wrong and unacceptable." Bully tactics used to scare or coerce buyers. September 29, 2014 [...]

FAKE ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED BY DEBT COLLECTORS The other day a caller said "I used a document preparer or bankruptcy petition preparer. Certainly they have obligations to keep my social security number confidential?" [...]

In 2013 approximately 156,000 older Americans found their Social Security checks garnished for delinquent student loans The other day a caller said "I used a document preparer or bankruptcy petition preparer. Certainly they have obligations [...]

Mortgage lenders requiring all borrowers to sign a reaffirmation as part of a bankruptcy before agreeing to refinance the loan Wells Fargo and other lenders who have this policy ignore bankruptcy law governing reaffirmation and [...]

The fact that debt collection affects one in three Americans is astounding. The other day, a caller said, "I used a document preparer or bankruptcy petition preparer. Certainly they have obligations to keep my social [...]

Predatory auto lenders have long preyed on low-income consumers falsifying the borrower’s income information without any regard to the borrower’s ability to pay the loan. The other day a caller said "I used a document [...]

FICO to give less weight to unpaid medical bills that are with a collection agency. The other day a caller said “I used a document preparer or bankruptcy petition preparer. Certainly they have obligations to [...]

'CFPB Files Suits for Operations that Used Deception and False Promises to Collect More than $25 Million in Illegal Fees from Distressed Homeowners. This is just a drop in the bucket compared to the amount [...]