Midland Funding

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  Midland Funding and Midland Credit Management Settle Case and Eliminate or Reduce Debt

  A multi-state action against Encore Capital Group has ended in a settlement with many states to reduce or eliminate debt owed by residents. If you live in one of the states mentioned in the information below, you...

  • Posted December 5, 2018
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  Debt Buyer and Collector Launches Forward Thinking Effort to Help Consumers

  Recently I had the opportunity to learn about a new initiative by a large debt buyer and collector, Encore Capital Group. Encore is actually working hard to help consumers. And I’m sure when you read that you...

  • Posted January 11, 2017
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  Midland Funding Keeps Trying to Collect From Me

  “Dear Michael, Midland Funding is trying to collect from me. I don’t know who these people are and never did business with them…but they say I owe them ,and placed a collection on all credit reporting agencies...

  • Posted July 6, 2016
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  Midland Funding – Consumer Complaint – June 28, 2016

  Consumer Statement: I had a debt that I had owed for a while to Midland Funding here is the copy of the entry on my credit report Original Creditor: 01 WORLD FINANCIAL CAPITAL BANK WORLD FINANCIAL CAPITAL...

  • Posted June 28, 2016
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  How To Reduce Debt Buyer Collection Lawsuits

  Last week the CFPB and the FTC held a workshop to address what happens to unpaid debts at different stages of the debt collection cycle. The workshop brought together state and federal regulators, economists, major banks, debt...

  • Posted March 3, 2015
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  How Do I Get My Old Sears Account Off My Credit Report? – Priscilla

  “Dear Steve, I had a credit card with Sears back in 1996 and due to job layoff’s I fell behind in payments and the account was sold to a collection agency. Well over time I used other...

  • Posted May 27, 2013
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  I’m Being Sued by Midland Funding Over a Chase Bank Account.

  “Dear Steve, I found attached file hanged on my front door. The debt is a credit card I had with Providian, who was absorbed into WaMu, who was absorbed into Chase. May be Chase sold the debt...

  • Posted March 19, 2013
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  Midland Funding Pays Big Fine

  Midland Funding Pays Big Fine Over Robosigning Debt Collection Suits One of the country’s largest debt buyers has agreed to overhaul its collection practices and pay the state of Minnesota $500,000 in a settlement that reflects heightened...

  • Posted December 13, 2012
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  Credit Counselor or Debt Collector? Midland Credit Management Applies Clever Approach.

  I just had an opportunity to look at the website for Midland Credit Management and I must say, for a collections agency they certainly appear more like a credit counseling group. Don’t get me wrong, it appear...

  • Posted May 13, 2012
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• Midland Funding – Consumer Complaint – 4-29-2012

  Date This Problem Happened: January 1, 2011 State You Live in: Kansas Race/Ethnicity: American Indian Age Range: 51-65 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: Midland Funding Company Address: Company Telephone Number: Website of Company: Consumer Statement:...

  • Posted April 29, 2012
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• Midland Funding Froze My Bank Account. – Dennis

  “Dear Steve, Court order ignored My bank funds were frozen by midland funding and the small claims court in ct overturned the decision because the funds were exempt.The court ordered funds to be returned to my acct.but...

  • Posted October 27, 2011
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• FTC Says Midland Funding Class Action Suit is a Bad Deal For Consumers

  he Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in federal court opposing a class action settlement that would require consumers to surrender protections provided by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and state laws in exchange...

  • Posted June 23, 2011
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• The Power of Debt Validation in Stopping the Robo-Signing Debt Collector

  The following guest post was contributed by Michael Bovee of Consumer Recovery Network. If you would like to contribute a guest post, click here. In the wake of robo-signing scandals involving home foreclosures across the country come...

  • Posted April 5, 2011
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• Midland Funding Charged With Robo-Signing Affidavits to Collect on Debts

  Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson today in a legal filing accused one of the nation’s largest “debt buyers” of defrauding Minnesota courts and citizens by filing false and deceptive “robo-signed” affidavits—generated at its offices in St. Cloud,...

  • Posted March 29, 2011
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• Midland Funding Sued Me For My Target Visa and The Issued Me a 1099. – Charlenia

  “Dear Steve, In 2006, Midland Funding started mailing me letter about a dept Visa from Target, I advised them another Dept collection had agreed to a pay off and that the Dept was paid. Letter in 2007...

  • Posted February 7, 2011
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• Phantom Debts Come Back to Life. It’s Alive!

  The problem of zombie debts, that’s debts that come back to life, is well known. What is becoming more of a problem is what happens when an old debt has been sold, sold, and sold again. The...

  • Posted June 30, 2010
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• Midland Funding Slapped With Class Action Award for Deceptive Collection Acts

  Midland Funding, a large debt collection agency that also purchased large amounts of debt for 3 to 4 cents on the dollar and then sued debtors, settled a large class action lawsuit and dropped over 10,000 lawsuits...

  • Posted June 15, 2010
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