Darren Waggoner

Local government agencies may no longer lower a driver's credit score because of unpaid traffic tickets or parking citations, according to a policy the three major credit bureaus agreed to in a legal settlement with 31 state attorneys general.

U.S. Bancorp will pay $10 million while Banco Santander settled for $3.4 million following missteps in how they handled earlier orders from regulators to fix faulty foreclosure practices, according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Participants in an alleged credit card laundering scheme have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they illegally helped provide access to payment networks, thereby enabling scammers to place bogus charges on consumers’ credit cards.