Michael Bovee, over on his Debt Relief and Credit Guides site has published a very good guide for people about how the major creditors are at providing settlements for problem debt. It’s a really good list and it ranks Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Discover Card, Citibank, Capital One, and American Express. For example, Bovee revels the best creditor ... Read More »

When if the Debt Relief Bureau, not the Debt Relief Bureau? When you get a flyer in the mail from an anonymous source promising you help to get out of debt. An amazing reader Tish sent in a new debt relief mailer through my I Buy Junk Mail program. Well here is another anonymous mailer sent to a consumer that ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, I live in California, I’m 55yrs old woman, my 3 daughters just finished college, last month I lost my job, I have 2 credit cards, one is Macy’s for $5,000 and the other Capital one for $5,000, do you think if I call them and let them know I’m unemployed they will charge off my cards? is it ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, I am 74 I get SS. I got behind when the economy fell in 07-09, lost my job I have a private work shop that I do side work out of for extra income, not reported I have an old truck 38 years old and a 92 car. My SS goes into bank account. I got served a ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, I received a call on my cell from a blocked number this morning at 8:00 am that left a message giving a phone number and case number and stating it was from Legal Service, no company name, and something about issuing a summons. I called the number back and spoke to someone who claimed she was from FSM ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, I have a credit card debt with capital one. I havent heard from them in over 8 yrs…a Collection agency called today and asked Me questions…if i worked last yr…am i Getting a refund. Etc. He said he is going For a judgement against me. Can the garnish my wages? Can they take Money from cking acct? I ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, I have a capitol one judgement against me from 2007. At that time it was 1685 now its 3780 with interest and court costs. I want to settle with a one time payment but they want alot of personnal info to see if I qualify for a discount. Can they charge interest on a judgement? court costs? What ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, My question is this: I am enrolled in a debt consolidation program with care one. I have already settled 2 of the 3 accounts that are part of my plan. The last one to be settled is a capital one account. I talked to care one today regarding my account and they told my that the company representing ... Read More »

Capital One has a judgement againest me, my only income is Social Security and I have no assests. I can not afford to pay debt what can be done to me? Can my checking acct account be frozen if the only deposit is from Social SEcurity? Kathy This is your chance to be a hero and help out this person ... Read More »

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced enforcement actions against Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., for violations and compliance deficiencies related to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). The SCRA provides servicemembers relief from certain obligations and temporarily suspends judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions involving civil liabilities when military service affects ... Read More »

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its first public enforcement action with an order requiring Capital One Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. to refund approximately $140 million to two million customers and pay an additional $25 million penalty. This action results from a CFPB examination that identified deceptive marketing tactics used by Capital One’s vendors to pressure or mislead consumers into ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, Got behind on CC, due to a home base business and tried to make payment plans and they were withdrawing till end of March, got calls from them and life happened and was unable to return calls. June 9,2012–went to ‘different dept.” have a Capital one Credit Card that was recently charged-off. Amount around $16,500. Called them and ... Read More »

“Dear Jon, I am contacting you because of my parents. They are in their 60s and late 70s. Our lawyer just filed their credit bankruptcy after a long waiting period. The issue we are having is that some guy keeps coming by our apartment looking for them claiming to be from Capital One now each time he has never shown ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, Capital One wrote off their debt, turned over to a Collection Agency who has now sent to an attorney,,,they got judgment against me and I motioned to have that set aside which was denied,,now at Appeals process. Also the plaintiff’s counsel motioned against my motion. When reviewing court records, I found that the judgment was entered after the ... Read More »

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