WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Credit card delinquency rates in the United States are growing as expenses have risen and options for borrowing have narrowed, financial experts said.
SAN DIEGO, April 24 (UPI) -- U.S. debt collection companies are increasing overseas operations and leaning more on India as a source of effective collectors, company officials said.
LONDON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A 56-year-old man in Britain reportedly has run up about $728,000 in bills with his 57 credit cards.
LONDON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Personal debt in Britain, excluding mortgages, has surpassed $1.9 trillion, and as many as 66,000 people are expected to declare bankruptcy this year.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Fifty-two percent of U.S. adults in Philadelphia with incomes of $15,000 or less saw their debt load increase last year, a survey found.
ORLANDO, Fla., March 30 (UPI) -- People over 60 say they're much less likely to be overwhelmed by financial problems than their younger counterparts, a U.S. personal finance survey said.
WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate investigators said Wednesday that consumer protections against abusive credit counseling practices must be strengthened.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Federal Reserve figures show U.S. consumer debt has topped $2 trillion for the first time, continuing what debt experts call an alarming surge.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The state of Missouri has sued credit-counseling giant AmeriDebt for defrauding clients out of millions of dollars through bogus fees.
