Yahoo News — If you have racked up a lot of debt on credit cards, loans and overdrafts, then you may need a quick-fix solution. If you are scared to death to look at your checkbook balance, you avoid opening bills, you are late on making payments to creditors and you never answer the phone […]

…The Surprising Way Debt Collectors Know Where You Work BusinessInsider.com — It is “perhaps one of the most powerful and private databases of American’s personal information ever created, containing 190 million employment and salary records, covering more than one-third of US adults.” So there is this site called The Work Number and basically what they […]

(Reuters) – Irresponsible lending and intimidating debt collectors are pushing thousands of people in Britain into depression and suicide.  A report by England’s University of Brighton stated that “Debt clients frequently feel humiliated, disconnected and entrapped, with the process of debt collection having a clear impact on people’s mental health.”  This is terrible news.  I […]