The type of
services covered
under the new rules are companies that promise to 1) work with a creditor to settle the
debt for a lesser amount than is owed, (
debt settlement companies) 2) work with all of a consumer's unsecured creditors to promulgate a
debt management plan to vary the terms of all such
debts,
under a
debt management plan (
debt management companies) and 3) negotiate with a creditor to lower the interest rate of the outstanding
debt and / or waiver of certain
debt fees, such as late fees or over the limit fees (
debt negotiation companies).