How Ohio Consumers can Take Advantage of New Credit Reporting Rules New credit reporting rules have started to take effect. Because of these changes, about one in five Ohio consumers should see their credit scores jump by fall of 2017. This means that if you’ve never checked your credit score [...]
Why Ohio Consumers should be Concerned about IRS Debt Collectors When it was announced that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) hired third-party debt collectors to pursue unpaid tax debt, consumer advocates raised concerns. Chief among these concerns was fear for consumer security. Previously, it was more difficult for fraudsters masquerading [...]
Five Things that Ohio Consumers can Buy with a Credit Card to Help with Credit Repair If you’re working on credit repair in Ohio, your credit card can serve as a valuable tool. This may seem strange if overusing a credit card was what led to the downfall of your [...]
Latest Debt Collection Tactics Ohio Consumers Should Know Most debt collectors aren’t huge fans of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") This statute prevents them from using auto-dial to make calls to consumer cell phones without express consent. Now, however, debt collection agencies have found a way to get around [...]
