Merchant

Washington Federal is the latest bank to partner with a tech company in an effort to streamline online loan applications.

The holy grail for any business is sustainable competitive advantage. In the fast-moving payments market, where we are seeing the challenge of near-constant technology-led change, this can appear both elusive and far-fetched.

A coalition of consumer groups wants the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate what it calls T-Mobile’s misleading advertisements and abusive debt collection practices.

Debt buyer PRA Group announced that Brad Embree was named to the 2015 Virginia Legal Elite, an annual list of top lawyers in Virginia as voted on by peers.

ACI Worldwide will provide the payments framework to allow international money transfer provider TransferWise to add more services to its network.

Small-business owners' optimism about the economy is dwindling, which casts a dark cloud over banks' lending efforts, according to a new survey conducted by Wells Fargo and Gallup.

Ex-banker Frank Rotman, now a venture capitalist who focuses on marketplace lending, has a unique vantage point on the competition for small-business loans between banks and Web-based upstarts, as well as on both sides' strengths and weaknesses.

TransUnion Healthcare announced that its eScan healthcare service has identified more than $1 billion in insurance payments and helped hospitals recover more than $500 million in payments for unpaid medical services in the last three years.

American Express’ small merchant card acceptance has been generally low, though that performance could improve through a partnership with Moneris, Canada’s largest acquirer.

Two recent Justice Department settlements, one with a large nonbank mortgage lender and the other with a small one, speak volumes about how much Federal Housing Administration lending has changed.