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A bill that would cap interest rates on short term loans in Iowa at 36 percent recently passed a state Senate subcommittee.A similar bill proposed in 2010 died in a House subcommittee. Currently, Iowa has 231 short term lending outlets, the Iowa Independent

A town in Connecticut recently announced that it would be hiring a professional debt collection group in order to recoup some of the funds it is owed.The Post-Chronicle reports that Hamden Mayor Scott D. Jackson and tax collector Barbara Tito

In Pennsylvania, an appeals court recently threw out a case against a woman who was allegedly in debt for more than $5,000.The Morning Call reports that the court threw out the case against the woman because the debt collector could not verify

Identity thieves may now be scouting out businesses' and consumers' recycling bins, according to a report from WCBS.Residents have reported seeing vans driving through the neighborhoods of East Meadow, New York, and stealing the recycling bins

Tax season can be tenuous for individuals and is not a time to put one's sensitive financial records in the hands of an untrustworthy person. That notion was reinforced in Hueytown, Alabama, where authorities arrested Arnold L. Benedict and