There are reports that NCP’s collapse into administration has left a very large backlog of unpaid private parking charges, but those penalties remain legally enforceable in principle even though the company is insolvent. What has happened to NCP? National Car ...

Citigroup Inc.’s C subsidiary, Citibank N.A., has reported improving performance in its credit card metrics for April 2026 in a recent SEC filing. While delinquency and net charge-off rates declined compared with the prior month and the prior-year period, principal ...

PRA Group Inc remains in the spotlight after recent quarterly figures and a strategic update on its debt purchasing pipeline and cost structure. The specialty finance stock draws attention as investors assess collections trends and portfolio pricing in a higher?rate ...

A 78‑year‑old great‑grandmother in Kent was mistakenly declared dead over a small unpaid water bill, prompting an apology and write‑off of the balance by Southern Water and its debt collection agency. What happened A great‑grandmother named Ginnette Bye from Folkestone ...

Ex-CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to Lead New California Consumer Agency Former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra is returning to the frontlines of consumer protection — this time at the state level. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on May ...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES — Employment in the Philippines‘ call center sector nearly doubled from 2016 to 2025, reaching 2 million workers — even as artificial intelligence (AI) reshaped customer service operations worldwide and major United States companies cut thousands ...

Over 2.6 million federal student loan borrowers entered default in the first quarter of 2026, according to New York Fed data. That figure follows roughly 1 million additional defaults recorded in Q4 2025, meaning the problem isn’t just big, it’s ...

A coalition of 24 states and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit challenging a Department of Education rule that excludes several health care graduate programs from higher federal borrowing limits. A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit ...

INDIANAPOLIS— A new survey shows 95% of insured Americans still worry about hospital bills. The analysis by JG Wentworth also found $4,354 is the average breaking point for most people, meaning that’s the moment where a medical bill would create ...