Credit counseling (known in the United Kingdom as debt counseling) is commonly a process that is used to help individual debtors with debt settlement through education, budgeting and the use of a variety of tools with the goal to reduce and ultimately eliminate debt.[1] Credit counseling is most often done by Credit counseling agencies that are empowered by contract to act on behalf of the debtor to negotiate with creditors to resolve debt that is beyond a debtor's ability to pay. Some of the agencies are non-profits that charge at no or non-fee rates, while others can be for-profit and include high fees. Regulations on credit counseling and Credit counseling agencies varies by country and sometimes within regions of the countries themselves.[1] In the United States, individuals filing Chapter 13 bankruptcy are required to receive counseling.
- ^ a b FTC (Federal Trade Commission). "For People on Debt Management Plans: A Must-Do List" (PDF). FTC.gov. Federal Trade Commission (United States Government). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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