Better Credit Blog
APRIL 3, 2022
If you’re reading this article, I bet you’ve recently been contacted by a company called Portfolio Recovery Associates —and you may be wondering how to remove them from your credit report. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, is a collection agency that buys old debts from lenders and companies that have been unable to collect the debt themselves.
Public Citizen
APRIL 3, 2022
by Jeff Sovern. The CFPB has lately been up in arms over credit card late fees. Late fees and many other fees are troubling because it is likely that consumers don't think about them when choosing their credit cards. Classical economics presupposes that consumers will make optimal decisions if they know what prices they will pay, but if consumer ignore late fees, lenders can charge more for those fees and make excessive profits from them.
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