Cash advances have traditionally provided a quick way to access funds in urgent situations. While useful in some cases, many Americans are now exploring alternative financial solutions that may better meet their short-term needs. Growth of Fintech Solutions The rise ...

That headline refers to new reporting showing that major credit bureaus are fixing fewer errors and denying more consumer complaints at the same time the Trump-led CFPB is making it harder to complain and easing pressure on the industry. What ...

Qi Lei always knew artificial intelligence would rock his industry — he just didn’t expect it to happen so fast. The 35-year-old programmer began coding in 2011, a golden age for app developers, and launched his own business in 2022 ...

An Idaho bill to tighten payday lending that legislators started softening after testimony from Moneytree, a major regional payday lender. Based on what’s visible and on Moneytree’s prior playbook in Washington and elsewhere, the core story is: legislators initially advanced ...

Things like your name, home address, date of birth and even your Social Security number may have been sitting on the open internet. Researchers say an unprotected database tied to IDMerit, a company that claims to help businesses verify identities, ...

India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has granted fintech firm Cred final authorisation to operate as a payment aggregator, allowing it to directly handle merchant payment flows under RBI regulation. What the approval allows Cred (via Dreamplug ...

Heartland Credit Union has named Aaron Rios as its new CEO, according to a community announcement. Rios takes over from Tom Lex, who served 45 years with the company. Rios comes to Heartland with more than 23 years of experience ...

Indiana, South Carolina and Florida posted the highest state foreclosure rates, with Indiana seeing one filing for every 1,597 housing units. At the metro level, Lakeland, Florida recorded one foreclosure filing for every 1,075 homes, ahead of other hotspots including ...

On March 26, 2016 the FTC announced today that it is seeking public comment on an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) concerning the agency’s Rule Concerning the Use of Prenotification Negative Option Plans, commonly known as the Negative Option ...