The Federal Trade Commission is changing the game for artificial intelligence companies. On Sept. 11, the FTC issued orders to seven tech giants, probing the unique risks posed by AI chatbot companions—a subset of emotional AI, which measures, understands, simulates, ...

Quick Summary: Beginning April 1, 2026, dental plans must provide a clear and easy way for dentists to opt in and out of VCC payments for the services they provide and must notify dentists of alternative payments and any fees ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has terminated a pair of consent orders against Washington Federal, the bank announced this month in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Committee. The regulator backed up the disclosure with notices of its own ...

The delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) for September went into decline for the first time since February, dropping six basis points to 7.23%. According to data from Trepp Inc., last month’s overall delinquent balance was $43.5 billion and ...

The Supreme Court of Suffolk County initially ruled in favor of HSBC, granting the bank’s motion for summary judgment and denying Barrett’s cross-motion to dismiss the complaint. Barrett appealed, and the case went to the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department ...

The company said that its Chapter 11 cases pertain solely to US operations, and expects its global operations to continue uninterrupted. US auto parts maker First Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, burdened by heavy debt from ...

Nium, the global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced the launch of Global Collections for banks, a solution designed to allow banks to offer local currency receivables to their customers in multiple countries. Nium’s Global Collections is a white-label ...

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 19 States, have acted to stop a deceptive cancer charity fundraising scheme. Kars-R-Us.com and its operators raised millions but only a fraction of donations went to fund ...

Cityscape | Twin Cities urban geographer Bill Lindeke weighs in on city life, transportation, planning and more in his column delivered to your inbox weekly. Running a restaurant in downtown Minneapolis has never been simple. I’ve seen the highs, when ...