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April 6, 2026

Credit Delinquency Sharply Rises In States With Online Betting

Credit delinquency is rising measurably faster in states that legalize online or mobile sports betting, with the impact concentrated among younger borrowers and active bettors. Key quantitative findings Overall 90‑day‑plus delinquency rates rose about 0.3–0.31 percentage points from a baseline ...

April 7, 2026

Bill That Prevents Collection Agencies From Garnishing Wages For Mainers With Medical Debt To Become Law

Gov. Janet Mills has signed a bill into law that bans liens on homes and wage garnishments for people with medical debt. The bill, signed into law on Monday, builds on an existing state law that prevents medical debt from ...

April 9, 2026

FTC Challenges StubHub’s Pricing Model in Federal Court Filing

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against StubHub Holdings Inc., accusing the company of failing to clearly disclose the full cost of tickets to consumers. According to Bloomberg, the complaint was filed Thursday in federal court in New ...

April 7, 2026

Fifth Third Bank opens first California branch in Fresno, with 84 more planned

Fifth Third Bank has just opened its first full-service retail branch in California in northeast Fresno, at 7160 N. First St., as the lead move in a planned buildout of 85 branches statewide (the Fresno site plus 84 additional locations) ...

April 6, 2026

Debt Collection And Debt Settlement

Looking Ahead to 2026 As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues to reduce its functions in 2026, we expect even fewer enforcement actions by the agency in the debt collection and settlement space. Key Trends From 2025 Throughout 2025, ...

April 4, 2026

Visa rolls out ‘credit card dispute’ AI tools for banks and merchants

Visa has introduced six artificial intelligence tools to streamline credit card dispute handling, as dispute volumes continue to rise and increase costs for banks and merchants. The company said it processed more than 106 million disputes globally in 2025, a ...

FDIC, OCC seek formal elimination of reputational risk assessments - Global Relay Intelligence ...

April 9, 2026

OCC and FDIC Issue Reputational Risk Final Rule

On April 7, 2026, the OCC and FDIC jointly issued a final rule that removes “reputation risk” from their supervisory programs and codifies a prohibition on using it as a basis for supervisory criticism or adverse action against banks. Key ...

April 6, 2026

RiverLink to send unpaid toll bills and fees to collections

Joe Hendrickson - stock.adobe.co Key takeaways RiverLink will begin sending unpaid tolls and fees to collections starting May 1, with notices being sent to drivers who have four unpaid monthly bills for the same crossing. See more Heads up drivers, ...

April 8, 2026

40% of Americans Never Read The Data Privacy Policies They Sign

Most Americans are worried about how their personal data is being collected and used, but many never read the privacy policies they sign, according to new research. A report on “Data Privacy in 2026” by Whistle Out surveyed 1,000 American ...

April 5, 2026

How Big Banks Enforce Rules for Small Customers but Bend them for the Wealthy

I got my first lesson in a bank that didn't give a damn about some of its customers over thirty years ago. I was a joint venture partner with a company that ran the merchandise concession at multiple venues in ...