Rocket Mortgage and Rocket Pro provided additional details this week on their rollout of VantageScore 4.0 in mortgage lending after officially announcing last week that they have started using VantageScore 4.0 alongside Classic FICO scores. Heather Lovier, chief operating officer of Rocket Companies, ...

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent warning letters Wednesday to 12 websites offering so-called “nudify” tools, alleging they have failed to comply with a federal law requiring platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours of a valid ...

The fastest-growing mortgage delinquency has been concentrated in a band of Southern and some Midwestern states, with recent data pointing especially to Mississippi, Louisiana, Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, and parts of Florida/Minnesota counties as seeing the ...

Directions Credit Union is awarding classroom grants to educators across its service area through its Directions Cares for Classrooms program, according to a community announcement. The credit union received 130 applications this grant cycle from teachers seeking support for classroom ...

The FCC has extended the comment and reply comment deadlines in its offshore call center oversight rulemaking, giving stakeholders additional time beyond the original 30/60‑day schedule tied to Federal Register publication of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). What this ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — More Americans are turning to buy now, pay later loans, or BNPL, to cover purchases — including groceries — as rising costs continue to strain household budgets. While BNPL can help people who are short ...

Following his controversial removal from the Federal Trade Commission, former Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya is reemerging in the public arena with a new podcast aimed at continuing his consumer protection advocacy—this time outside the constraints of federal office. Bedoya, who was ...

TCPA risk seems to be dropping everywhere you look. The Supreme Court recently limited the TCPA’s ATDS defintion. The Fifth Circuit recently held express written consent is not needed for marketing calls. The Seventh Circuit seems ready to hold SMS ...

Rebecca Oakes of Equifax Canada on the report that has found the total consumer debt is increasing by four per cent year-over-year to $2.66 trillion. TORONTO — A new report from Equifax Canada says insolvency volumes have risen to the ...