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The central bank appears to believe the U.S. economy remains so fragile that it cannot withstand the mildest of rate increases. There's no better testament to the inefficiency of the Fed's monetary policies.

H&R Block said it received regulatory approval to sell its bank unit to BofI Federal Bank and expects to exit Federal Reserve oversight.

Gallup has settled a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class-action lawsuit concerning an alleged violation of the law through use of an autodialer to call consumers. Gallup will provide a $12 million settlement fund.

The operators of a credit repair scheme that allegedly tricked Spanish-speaking consumers into paying thousands of dollars each to improve their credit have settled FTC charges.

Frontline employees shape their own work environments as well as the experiences of their customers — as demonstrated by a trip to the much-dreaded Department of Motor Vehicles.

Apple Pay users are fanatically satisfied — to the tune of 98% of in-store users and 93% of in-app users surveyed — making an average of 2.6 weekly in-store purchases and 2.3 weekly in-app purchases.

The U.S. card networks have been trying to gain a foothold in the huge Indian payments market for years, and both Visa and MasterCard have upped the ante in the past year by opening development centers to launch new payments technology directly into the market.

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Apple Pay users are fanatically satisfied — to the tune of 98% of in-store users and 93% of in-app users surveyed — making an average of 2.6 weekly in-store purchases and 2.3 weekly in-app purchases, according to the Auriemma Consulting Group.

Even an entrepreneur who specializes in products for young people can be taken aback by how fast a new mobile technology becomes an everyday necessity for its users.