The partnership between Deluxe Merchant Services and Washington Trust Bank aims to bring the latest in digital payment processing technology to businesses in the Pacific Northwest.Minneapolis Today Deluxe Merchant Services, a leading provider of payment processing solutions, has announced a ...

The headline refers to new data from South Korea’s Income-Contingent Loan (ICL) program showing record student-loan stress among young borrowers. What the numbers mean The 19.4% figure is the cumulative delinquency rate by amount for 2025 ICL repayments, meaning nearly ...

Fourth Quarter 2025 Market Pulse Index Reveals Three Distinct Groups of Financial Risk ATLANTA, April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) today released its fourth quarter 2025 Market Pulse Index, which held steady at 61.6 signaling a period of ...

Named Employee of the Year at a major Kazakhstan bank, she built collection automation systems years before the country’s 2025 banking reform made them mandatory.  Recent regulatory changes in Kazakhstan’s banking sector have introduced new requirements for data integration and monitoring processes ...

Gov. Janet Mills has signed a bill into law that bans liens on homes and wage garnishments for people with medical debt. The bill, signed into law on Monday, builds on an existing state law that prevents medical debt from ...

Fifth Third Bank has just opened its first full-service retail branch in California in northeast Fresno, at 7160 N. First St., as the lead move in a planned buildout of 85 branches statewide (the Fresno site plus 84 additional locations) ...

Michigan- and Ohio-based credit union expands digital banking experience with a secure, parent-controlled financial solution for families BLUE BELL, Pa., April 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rego Payment Architectures, Inc. ("REGO”) (OTCQB: RPMT), the leading white-label family financial lifecycle platform ...

LinkedIn has been issued two class-action privacy lawsuits after allegations of scanning users’ browsers to determine what extensions have been installed.  The investigative report, titled BrowserGate, first made these claims public in March as Fairlinked eV, an alleged association of commercial LinkedIn users, businesses, and third-party tool makers affected by the site’s data ...

Credit delinquency is rising measurably faster in states that legalize online or mobile sports betting, with the impact concentrated among younger borrowers and active bettors. Key quantitative findings Overall 90‑day‑plus delinquency rates rose about 0.3–0.31 percentage points from a baseline ...