Equifax (NYSE:EFX) has launched The Work Number Record Indicator to support income and employment verification for auto and personal loans. The company is highlighting recent data around a sharp rise in first party fraud in consumer credit applications. Equifax is ...

Foreclosure filings continued to rise nationwide in the first quarter of 2026, with total activity up 26% from a year ago. There were a total of 118,727 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings during the three months of the year—with Indiana, South Carolina, and ...

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr last year said a Biden-era ban on bulk billing would have sent internet bills soaring for renters. The article describes an FTC rulemaking push to limit “junk” rental housing fees and possibly scrutinize bulk-billed broadband and ...

reached a major class‑action settlement with U.S. merchants over credit card interchange/processing fees, creating a multibillion‑dollar fund and imposing temporary caps and reductions on certain interchange rates. Core settlement points A long‑running antitrust case alleged that Visa, Mastercard, and large ...

Sophisticated artificial intelligence-driven fraud is increasingly targeting U.S. consumers, who are falling victim to schemes that steal their IDS, credit cards or make fraudulent charges, a new analysis has found. According to the latest Top Fraud Trends Report by TransUnion, ...

The FTC has launched an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) and is seeking public comment on “unfair or deceptive fees” in online food and grocery delivery services, as part of its broader junk-fee initiative. What the FTC is doing ...

PayPal has launched a native “Payment Links” app inside Canva, so creators can embed PayPal links or QR codes directly into any design and turn it into a checkout experience without a separate website. What the integration does Lets you ...

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon shrugged off worries about the private credit sector on Tuesday, saying that the concerns weren’t “systemic.” “It almost can't be systemic at that size relative to anything else,” Dimon said during a Tuesday earnings ...

Senate Banking Committee Democrats sent Russell Vought a detailed oversight letter demanding explanations and data on how his plan to cut the CFPB’s staff by roughly half would affect the bureau’s legal mandates and day‑to‑day work. What Democrats Did Democrats ...