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Violations of state and local debt collection statutes aren’t violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday.

A TransUnion analysis found that prior evictions and rental-related collection records are highly predictive of future evictions.

Taiwan-based computer hardware maker ASUSTeK Computer Inc. agreed to settle FTC charges that critical security flaws in its routers put the home networks of hundreds of thousands of consumers at risk.

A bill passed by the Wisconsin state legislature last week alters consumer law to ease regulations for debt collectors.

Chase Pay, JPMorgan Chase's mobile wallet, has just landed an unlikely early partner with a history of going it alone: Starbucks.

A recent story published by media in Houston stated that a Texas man had been arrested for failing to pay his student loan debts. In fact, the man, Paul Aker, was arrested for failing to appear in court.

Despite banks' attempts to test and use blockchain, the technology that powers bitcoin, for their own commercial gain, it is outside the realm of possibility for the technology to serve any useful purpose for the intermediaries it was designed to replace.

Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas has named TSYS Chief Information Officer Patty Watson to its board.

OnDeck Capital in New York reported a $5.1 million loss in the fourth quarter as revenue failed to keep pace with rising expenses.

Many consumers expecting a tax refund this year will use it to pay down debt or save the money, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual Tax Returns Survey.