Credit counseling agencies charge up to $75 to participate in a debt management plan, as well as a monthly fee that ranges from $25 to $50, depending on the agency and where you live.

Money Management International (MMI), a leading non-profit credit counseling agency, has witnessed a dramatic surge in demand for its services. The organization reports a 35% increase in the need ...

What Services Do Credit Counselors Offer? Credit counseling is more than just a quick chat about budgeting. Many agencies offer a full range of services to help you take control of your money: ...

Nobody would fault you for confusing credit counseling with other similar, but distinct, credit services, namely, debt settlement and debt consolidation. Here’s a quick snapshot of each.

In its fourth year of ongoing investigations into consumer credit-counseling agencies' activities, the IRS has revoked the tax-exempt status of 21 organizations; another 26 revocations are in ...

Money Management International is a non-profit credit counseling agency that's been helping people improve their lives through financial education, since the 1950's.

WASHINGTON - Credit counseling agencies often give indebted consumers bad advice, charge excessive fees and engage in deceptive practices - and customer complaints are up, according to a report ...

Joel Greenberg, a trustee for the Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies, which represents 54 firms, said "there are problems with some in our industry." ...

Consumer Credit Counseling Services of New Hampshire & Vermont was awarded a $1,000 grant from St. Mary's Bank to help offset the cost of printing brochures. "We are very thankful for St. Mary's Bank ...

WASHINGTON - Weighed down by $90,000 in credit-card and bank debt, retired museum director Raymond Schuck heard an ad on the radio and called Cambridge Credit Counseling. He said he ...