Merchant

The operators of a scheme that allegedly bilked millions of dollars from consumers by trapping them into loans they didn't authorize will be banned from the consumer lending business under settlements with the FTC.

Most merchants are trying to eliminate the barriers between their online and physical storefronts, yet the U.K. retailer John Lewis has put a small but meaningful barrier between these two channels.

Knowing the value of your proposition and the buyer are two of the hardest things the owner of an SME can ever learn, but both can hurt adversely affect business payments.

Regulators in New York plan to crack down on high-interest loans made to military service members by closing a critical loophole.

Residential mortgage loans in active foreclosure that are at least two years delinquent experienced large gains in the last seven months, according to a new report.

The migration to EMV-chip cards is proceeding at a slow crawl at many merchants. But in the restaurant industry in particular, many proprietors see it as an unnecessary ingredient.

As the United States begins its efforts to reduce credit card fraud by transitioning to EMV, another type of card—the online gift card—could see its fraud risk skyrocket.

WASHINGTON — Three of the nation's largest indirect auto lenders are poised to limit discretionary pricing for dealers after regulators accused them of allowing partners to mark up loans at higher rates to minorities, according to confidential documents.

When mom-and-pop merchants need a loan, they are increasingly turning to some big names in the payments business, which are quickly becoming noteworthy players in small-business lending.

As with everything else in Vegas, marketing to local commuters is a game of chance.