Credit-Card Debt Blogs

Pre-Pandemic 1) Before the pandemic, debt-collection-industry revenue has trended downward. Debt-collection-industry revenue has declined in recent years, decreasing from an estimated $13.5 billion in ...

1) Account Stated is a “cause of action.” What is a cause of action? A cause of action has two definitions: noun. A condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another. noun. A set of ...

1) What is the statute of limitations? It’s the time period in which a plaintiff has the legal right to sue. It starts from the date of your missed minimum payment. If a collector sues within that ...

Debts of Highest Priority Court Judgments : A judgment is a court order in favor of the creditor. Now as a “judgment creditor,” it can garnish your wages, freeze your bank accounts, and foreclose on ...

The below is a list of 50 clear violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [1] Most of these are in the collection-litigation landscape. This list was first inspired by only one ...

5 Notary Defects to Raise in Collection Defense Cases The affidavit lacks a signature to which the notary applies. The date on the affidavit is different than the notary date. The notary is located in ...