The headline refers to the FCC’s new proposal to fight robocalls by imposing bank-style “Know Your Customer” ID checks on anyone who wants to originate calls, and the resulting blowback from privacy and civil-liberties groups. What the FCC is proposing ...

Quick Read Student loan balances total $1.66 trillion with 9.6% seriously delinquent (90+ days past due), meaning nearly one in ten dollars of outstanding student debt is in serious trouble and roughly one million borrowers have been transferred to default ...

Senate Democrats are using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to force a series of floor votes to overturn recent CFPB rollbacks made under the Trump administration, putting Republicans on record on specific consumer‑protection issues in an election year. What Democrats ...

The NY Fed released the Q1 Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit this morning. he Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today issued its Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit. The report shows total ...

TP said its TP.ai FAB Collect debt recovery system matched human customer satisfaction scores in live deployments while delivering a 40% debt recovery rate. The figures come as lenders across Asia face pressure to manage elevated non-performing loan risks without ...

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark has been selected to co-chair a new national committee on artificial intelligence organized through the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), focusing on AI’s consumer protection, privacy, and public-safety implications. What the new role is ...

Cybersecurity, a voluntary digital ID and protections for small businesses will be the subjects of bills introduced in the United Kingdom’s Parliament. These bills were highlighted in the King’s Speech delivered Wednesday (May 13) by King Charles III during the ...

The Colorado Legislature gave final approval this week to a bill that would lower the fees businesses need to pay credit card companies every time a customer swipes their card. It was one of the most heavily lobbied bills this ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to lead California’s new Business and Consumer Services Agency, a consolidated state “super‑regulator” focused on consumer and business protection, including financial services. What Newsom just did Newsom named Rohit Chopra, ...