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Court rulings in the past year are sending conflicting messages about whether a debtor's account number visible on a debt collection envelope violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

A three-year investigation by the Idaho Attorney General’s office into allegations that executives with a hospital misused charitable assets has ended after the two sides reached an agreement.

WASHINGTON — In the wake of Benjamin Lawsky's departure as head of the New York Department of Financial Services two months ago, there were some in the banking industry that predicted the agency might back away from being the outspoken, aggressive one it had become during his tenure.

The House of Representatives has already passed two strong bills (the Protecting Cyber Networks Act and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act). We are now urging the Senate to take up and pass the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S. 754) as soon as possible.

The small-business lender's shift 18 months ago to a marketplace player that sells loans to investors paid off handsomely in the second quarter.

Millennials are beginning to take on more auto and student loans but are lagging in their use of credit cards and are slower to build some types of credit compared to Generation X and Baby Boomers, a report from Experian reveals.

The appearance of consumers’ account numbers on the outside of envelopes containing letters from collection agencies does not violate the FDCPA, two New York federal judges ruled in separate cases.

Indian e-commerce company Snapdeal.com is raising about $500 million from investors led by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter.

The ability to browse limitless shops and purchase goods and services from almost anywhere in the world has revolutionized commerce.

The mobile point of sale market already seems overcrowded, but what's out there now is just a taste of what's to come, according to 451 Research.