MIB has entered into a data‑sharing agreement with Equifax under which Equifax’s employment and income verification data will be delivered through the MIB Medical Data Solutions (MDS) platform for use in life insurance underwriting. What the partnership does MIB will ...

On January 23, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission announced that, at its request, a U.S. district court in Florida temporarily stopped the operations of numerous companies and individuals that the FTC alleges caused tens of millions of dollars in harm ...

Lawmakers are advancing several “click to cancel” bills that would force subscription services to make cancellation at least as easy as signing up and to get clear consent before charging after free trials. What the new bills do A bipartisan ...

In the state’s seventh round of medical debt relief, outgoing Governor Phil Murphy announced that nearly 14,000 New Jersey residents will see almost $16 million in medical bills abolished. The relief is a result of the state’s ongoing partnership with ...

With the current state of the economy, the American dream can feel more like a nightmare. As of 2025, nearly one in four U.S. households is livingpaycheck to paycheck. With rising costs and lingering debt, 2026 is shaping up to ...

A credit‑card interest rate cap would lower borrowing costs for many people carrying card balances, but it would also likely shrink access to credit and change how cards are priced and rewarded. Immediate savings for borrowers A 10% cap (vs ...

Affordability is emerging as the defining economic challenge facing the next Congress and housing sits squarely at the center of the affordability problem. For younger families in particular, the gap between incomes and home prices has turned what once felt achievable into ...

Banks are being pushed to match fintechs’ speed of innovation largely by rising digital expectations, competitive pressure from nimble startups, and rapid advances in AI and cloud – but they are managing the compliance risk through heavy investment in regtech, ...

The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan increased to 10,300 in 2025, which is its highest level since 2012. Bankruptcies Rise Again A Tokyo Shōkō Research report found that the number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan involving a total liability ...