Merchant

Nomorobo, a startup that blocks telemarketing calls, earned an endorsement from telecom giant Time Warner Cable Inc., which recently announced it will provide its phone customers easy access to its third-party robocall-blocking service.

In South Africa, parents who default on school fees are increasingly being turned over to debt collectors to help debt ridden high schools.

Imagine offering a borrower a better rate or a bigger loan because a handful of his buddies say he is an upstanding guy who they are so confident will pay back his loan that they are willing to cover a portion of it if he doesn't.

To plan for the inevitable, issuers need to consider three essential risk-management strategies including a business continuity and disaster recovery plan, a diversified partner strategy, and continued education for EMV cardholders and merchants.

Independent Bank Group in McKinney, Texas, has exited the Small Business Lending Fund program.

Ocwen Financial Corp. will pay $2 million to settle charges that it misstated its financial results in valuing complex mortgage assets, the Securities and Exchange Commission said this week.

Reeling from the loss of the Costco account and other setbacks in 2015, American Express is looking to the future the same way any investor might — banking on the diversification of its portfolio to slowly climb back.

The future of retail isn't happening behind the counter; it's happening in the aisles, on mobile phones and at a much faster pace than even the Internet can accommodate. And all of these ideas were the subject of excitement and debate at the National Retail Federation's conference in New York.

A Florida campus of a for-profit college chain used deceptive practices that coerced students into racking up huge debt, according to a newly unsealed whistleblower lawsuit.

Data on consumer borrowing and debt released by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian show consumer credit default rates stabilized in December.