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

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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 ...

WalletHub collected data from the end of 2025 and ranked the states with the most and least debt collection accounts.

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — If you’ve ever been contacted by a collection agency over medical debt, you’re not alone. Over 40 million people have unpaid medical bills ...