Indiana’s new Consumer Data Protection Act (INCDPA) takes effect January 1, 2026, and the Attorney General has released a Consumer Data Privacy Bill of Rights to help Hoosiers understand and use their new data rights.​ What the new law does ...

On December 2, Travis Hill, the acting Chairman of the FDIC Board of Directors, announced that the agency will submit its first set of GENIUS Act new rules proposal for stablecoin issuers to the House Financial Services Committee by the ...

Connecticut credit unions Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union and CrossPoint Federal Credit Union have completed their merger, creating a combined institution serving about 65,000 members in the state. The merger adds CrossPoint’s branches and members to Nutmeg’s existing footprint, expanding ...

A federal watchdog has warned that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) no longer meets key data protection standards, declaring its information security program “not effective.” The Office of Inspector General (OIG) cited a decline in cybersecurity practices at the ...

In 2018, The Sayer Law Group, P.C., acting as trustee, carried out a nonjudicial foreclosure under the Wells Fargo deed of trust. The sale brought in $168,000. After Wells Fargo was paid off, there was a surplus of $34,590.31. The ...

By Ballard CFS Group POSTED IN DEBT COLLECTION, FAIR LENDING, STATE REGULATION The trade group representing debt collection agencies, creditors, debt buyers, collection attorneys, and debt collection industry service providers has filed suit challenging the Colorado law that bans the ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is leading a group of Senate Democrats in pressing 21 large credit unions to curb overdraft and nonsufficient-funds (NSF) fees, arguing these charges are opaque and exploit consumers, especially after recent rollbacks of federal fee limits and ...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling nearly $15.3 million to consumers who were affected by deceptively marketed antivirus software from Avast. In February 2024, the FTC alleged that Avast used its browser extensions and antivirus software to collect, ...

US bankruptcy filings increased in the second half of 2025 mainly because high interest rates, persistent inflation, and the unwinding of pandemic-era supports squeezed both household budgets and business cash flows at the same time. Rising consumer debt and mounting ...