The financial watchdog has launched an enforcement investigation into The Claims Protection Agency Limited (TCPA) over the firm’s advertising and sales tactics linked to motor finance compensation. TCPA, whose trading names include My Claim Group, Martin’s Tips, Karen’s Claims, Express ...

Credit card interest rates resumed dropping in the second half of 2025, closing out the year at 19.7%, about a percentage point lower than the record high set in August of 2024. And while Bankrate expects the rates to continue ...

LITTLETON, Mass. and CHESTERTOWN, Md., Jan. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hanscom Federal Credit Union ("Hanscom" or "HFCU") today announced the completion of its previously announced purchase and assumption transaction involving the majority of assets and liabilities of The Peoples Bank ...

GHS Federal Credit Union has announced that it is adopting Scienaptic AI’s credit decisioning platform to modernize and “enable smarter lending” across its portfolio. The New York–based credit union plans to use Scienaptic’s AI tools to automate underwriting, make faster ...

To recap: Visa and Mastercard reached a new settlement with merchants to lower fees in the US this November—another attempt to end a roughly 20-year fight in the courts, per SEC filings. However, with merchants challenging the settlement from multiple ...

New York’s new FAIR Business Practices Act gives state officials and individual borrowers stronger tools to sue student loan servicers and debt collectors that use unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices.​ What the new law does The Fostering Affordability and Integrity ...

7 17 Credit Union’s western expansion plan began Friday with the merger of Teamsters Local 92 Federal Credit Union in Canton, the Warren-headquartered financial institution announced in a news release. The Teamsters branch will close, and 7 17 will serve ...

USPS updates postmark guidelines: What to know Learn how USPS postmark changes may affect delivery of ballots, bills, and important documents, prompting the need for early mailing. The United States Postal Service has changed the postmark process going into 2026, ...

Danger Will Robinson! Rohit Chopra, the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has been hired by a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general to lead a new blue-state consumer protection and affordability initiative targeting abusive business practices.​ ...