Key Takeaways Commercial debt collection agencies typically charge contingency fees ranging from 15% to 50% of ...

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While Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of Twitter closed in 2022, there has been no shortage of buzz around the business magnate and how the social media giant has operated post-buyout. Case in point: ...

The debt collection industry was estimated to be in excess of $13.4B in 2021 with over 7,000 collection agencies. With such fragmentation in the industry, practices by collectors vary widely and the ...

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Pay-for-delete promises to erase collection debt from your credit report, but the results of this strategy can vary.