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In what could be seen as another salvo in the battle between payments and financial services 'disruptors' and more traditional financial institutions, five large technology companies — Google, Amazon, Apple, PayPal and Intuit — have formed a lobbying and advocacy group.

Consumers' average daily spending in October totaled among the highest amounts this year and more than reports for October dating between 2009 and 2012, according to Gallup’s latest daily spending poll results.

Board chair to serve on mayoral transition team, former police chief named to supervisory committee and other CU pros and volunteers make headlines.

The number of startup companies opting out of the State of New York — more than a dozen — since the financial services department's BitLicense regulation was finalized is troublesome.

Feds Looking into Treasury Auction Rigging, Commodities

The Federal Trade Commission’s news conference set for Wednesday concerning a debt collection law enforcement initiative reportedly involves unveiling a new national plan to stop nefarious debt collectors.

SAN ANTONIO – H E B Federal Credit Union on Tuesday said it selected Ongoing Operations to move the CU’s IT infrastructure to the cloud.

The CFPB has revised the process by which companies can appeal a supervisory action. The changes were mentioned as part of the agency's Supervisory Highlights report, which focused on concerns in the servicing of student loans and mortgages as well as debt collection and credit reporting problems.

As more merchants and consumers adopt mobile payments, many cybersecurity experts warn a boost in mobile payment-related breaches will result, though in some cases providers are sacrificing vulnerability for easier use and more adoption.

As we’ve seen with recent high profile data breaches, the threat of cyber-attacks has accelerated in the last 18 months and shows little sign of abating.