Brian K. Williams, a distinguished specialty-finance entrepreneur and executive who proudly worked his way through college nearly three decades ago, has earned a place in the Herbert Wertheim College of Business Alumni Hall of Fame at Florida State University. Williams, ...

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECPG) just released its second-quarter report and things are looking bullish. The company beat expectations with revenues of US$492m arriving 8.1% ahead of forecasts. Statutory earnings per share (EPS) were US$2.81, 4.6% ahead of estimates. The ...

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have launched parallel rulemakings to modernize insider lending rules by updating key dollar thresholds under Regulation O and aligning FDIC insider lending limits with those changes. The proposals aim ...

The Federal Trade Commission and state enforcers have sued telehealth platform Hims & Hers, alleging unlawful sharing of sensitive health data with major advertising platforms and deceptive recurring‑billing practices that locked consumers into subscriptions for prescription products. For the credit ...

Fed researchers and ARM industry executives agree: AI investment is accelerating but the productivity gains everyone is expecting haven’t fully arrived yet. A new analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis confirms what accounts receivable management (ARM) industry ...

The CFPB’s long-awaited open banking rewrite has officially landed at the White House, marking the final step before the agency unveils a proposal that could fundamentally reshape how consumer financial data is accessed, priced, and policed. Headline and lede CFPB’s ...

Why It Matters A new Congressional Research Service report on the FDIC's systemic risk exception has laid bare a central tension in how the government responds to banking crises: the tool was designed to resolve failing banks, but policymakers have ...

House Financial Services Committee Invites Public Comment on CFPB Reform Discussion Draft—Stakeholders Have Until August 21 to Weigh In | Consumer Finance Monitor By John L. Culhane, Jr. & Alan S. Kaplinsky The House Financial Services Committee has taken the ...

ACA International has launched a new Industry Reputation Management Task Force aimed at reshaping how policymakers, the media, and consumers perceive the accounts receivable management (ARM) industry, developing practical tools to counter misinformation and highlight positive contributions. ACA Launches Reputation ...