Debt Collectors May Soon Be Able To Text Or Email Consumers

(CBS NEWS) — Debt collecting is an age-old business but it may soon receive a 21st-century revamp when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency created in the wake of the financial crisis to protect consumers, proposes new rules for the industry.
Among the changes may be whether debt collectors can text and email borrowers as they pursue overdue funds.The idea of debt collectors adding new methods of communication to their arsenal may stir annoyance, if not fear, among some cons