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The United States and United Kingdom recently published detailed money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessments identifying both law enforcement and national security challenges.

Black Friday will mark a new milestone this year, when mobile devices for the first time will account for about half of all online purchases during the first weekend of the holiday shopping frenzy, according to a new study.

Western Union will pay $8.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited text messages asking consumers to opt in to receive regular updates from the company.

A Federal Trade Commission leader opened the agency's third debt collection dialogue event in Atlanta on Wednesday by highlighting the agency’s aggressive approach to collection enforcement.

Square is expanding its payroll offering to Florida.

Experian released findings Thursday from its sixth annual State of Credit study, showing that the national credit score increased by three points over the last year and by five points since 2013.

Square Inc. raised about a third less than it sought in its initial public offering as investors balked at a higher valuation for the mobile-payments service.

Malware is a topic that everyone is talking about. Giant movie studio’s network is hacked? The attackers used malware. Big retailer’s point-of-sale system is breached? Malware did it. Hackers breached ATMs at multiple banks? They used malware.

Online payday lender Integrity Advance is being sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly deceiving consumers about its loan costs.

The Federal Trade Commission has approved final amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule, including a change aimed at protecting consumers from fraud by prohibiting four discrete types of payment methods favored by con artists and scammers.