collection agency

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At one point, Henry-Halabi received calls from a collection agency that she says came without a warning from her loan holder.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025

In March 2024, a New York lawyer representing a collection agency contacted one family who worked with SEAM, saying that Side owed a high-interest lender $69,500 and was seeking to recover it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

When hospitals can’t collect on unpaid bills, they will sometimes bundle the debt and sell it at a steep discount to a collection agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

He was shocked to find he was being chased for £358, and threatened with a debt collection agency.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2023

Unfortunately, the day it was due, the collection agency showed up at my door trying to get the money and I didn’t make it to school.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers