Merchant

Poplar Bluff, Mo. city officials are looking into hiring a collection agency to pursue more than $200,000 in debt owed by a former internet provider.

Two large national groups want a federal court to force the Department of Education to release documents showing how it oversees private collection agencies and collects student loan debt.

In one of its biggest splashes since first making Amazon Dash Button payments available nearly a year ago, the Seattle-based online shopping giant says it has tripled the number of brands that support its WiFi instant ordering system.

First Data Corp. paid Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano $51.6 million in 2015, almost twice what his former boss, JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon, received last year.

The payments pioneer is transforming its merchant cash advance into a business loan, a move that has significant legal and regulatory implications.

I don't normally buy $300 of pizza. But it's not as unusual as my credit card issuer might think, and that's part of the problem for prevailing identity management strategy.

The payments pioneer is transforming its merchant cash advance into a business loan, a move that has significant legal and regulatory implications.

The CFPB has ordered Student Aid Institute Inc., a company accused of preying on student loan borrowers, to shut down, cancel all contracts and stop participating in the industry.

Huntington Bancshares has partnered with the owner of the NBA's Detroit Pistons to provide $25 million in financial support in Flint, Mich., in response to the city's drinking water crisis.

A federal court halted a Chicago-area operation that allegedly threatened consumers to collect phony payday loan debts and provided portfolios of fake debt to other debt collectors. It's the FTC’s first case alleging that practice.