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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday charged Paymap Inc. and LoanCare LLC with deceiving consumers.

Some Democratic lawmakers want to help consumers fight back against creditors. The Consumer Reporting Fairness Act, introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, would make it easier to fix inaccurate credit reports.

Professional race car driver Scott Tucker is working on settling a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit accusing him of involvement in a payday lending scheme.

The House Financial Services Committee is meeting Tuesday to begin voting on several bills that are part of ABA’s Agenda for America’s Hometown Banks.

A group of scammers who promised consumers new Medicare cards to obtain their bank account numbers and debit their accounts reached settlements with the Federal Trade Commission.

Officials in Stockton, Calif. are apologizing to thousands of city residents who were incorrectly notified that they were delinquent on their sewer bills.

A Mississippi woman filed a class-action complaint last week in Chicago’s federal court against finance company First Tower Loan LLC for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

WASHINGTON — Two years after a legal challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's constitutionality was dismissed by a federal court, the case is unexpectedly back from the dead.

If the decision by the New York appeals court is upheld, banks and other lenders could have trouble finding buyers for credit card and other consumer loans.

The Small Business Administration has worked hard to make its flagship 7(a) loan program more attractive, adding lenders, slashing fees and cutting red tape to speed the review process. Now, the agency is paying the price for its efforts.

A new compromise package in a Senate highway funding bill proposes to raise $2.4 billion by handing the job of tax collection over to private collection agencies.

A lawsuit filed by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring against B&B Pawnbrokers Inc. in Spotsylvania, Va. alleges the business has been making illegal, unlicensed motor vehicle title loans and charging excessive fees for them.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published criteria to help investors assess the risk of asset-backed securities seven months after it set tougher capital rules on the products.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, citing illegal student loan and debt collection practices, on Wednesday fined Discover Bank $18.5 million.

The U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday issued the final Military Lending Act (MLA) rule to protect service members from predatory credit practices and grow their financial protections.

ACA International recognized 18 members' outstanding accomplishments in the credit and collection industry at an awards ceremony this week at the 2015 Convention & Expo in Boston.

The FTC asserted Tuesday that LifeLock violated a 2010 settlement with the agency and 35 state attorneys general by continuing to make deceptive claims about its identity theft protection services and by failing to take steps required to protect its users’ data.

WASHINGTON — There were no birthday cakes or celebratory singing. Instead, the anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act on Tuesday was commemorated with what the law does best: engender constant debate.

WASHINGTON — Citigroup is facing $770 million in charges after two federal regulators said the megabank engaged in deceptive marketing and unfair billing practices related to its credit card add-on products.

Consumer credit default data through the end of June showed increases in first mortgage, second mortgage and composite default rates.