Predictive tools tailor repayment messages to borrowers. Quebec’s financial regulator has opened a review into how AI tools are being used to collect consumer debt across the province. The Autorité des marchés financiers is examining whether automated systems comply with ...

Delinquencies on U.S. consumer debt have risen to about 4.8% of all outstanding household debt as of Q4 2025, the highest share in almost ten years and the worst since around 2017. What “highest in nearly a decade” means About ...

Dutch experts and the responsible minister now say Klarna’s current Dutch debt‑collection activities are likely in breach of the Netherlands’ Debt Collection Services Quality Act (Wet kwaliteit incassodienstverlening, Wki) because Klarna is not registered in the mandatory debt‑collection register while ...

The Role AI Plays in Data Privacy AI plays a dual role in data privacy: it both amplifies privacy risks and provides powerful tools to protect personal data and support compliance. Why AI and privacy are tightly linked AI systems ...

Hanscom Federal Credit Union and Alden Credit Union have agreed to merge, with Hanscom FCU as the surviving institution operating under its current name, but the deal is still pending regulatory and member approvals and is expected to close in ...

February 11, 2026 — Press Release Weak State Exemption Laws Exacerbate Affordability Crisis, Expand Racial Wealth Gap WASHINGTON – Low- and middle-income families are in crisis. The rising cost of basic necessities has pushed household debt to historic levels, and ...

Kenya’s Tourism Fund has hired a private debt recovery agency to help collect more than 1 billion shillings in overdue tourism levy payments from hotels, restaurants, and other regulated establishments. What the Tourism Fund is doing The Fund is using ...

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In North Carolina alone, consumer complaints accusing debt collectors of abusive and threatening behavior have increased by more than 10 times since 2024. HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — People trying to climb out of debt are filing a growing number of complaints ...