Merchant

Total mortgage origination balances hit $466 billion in the first quarter, a 74.4% increase from the same time a year ago, according to the latest Equifax National Consumer Credit Trends Report.

Equal-opportunity small business lending can go a long way toward helping minority groups rebuild the wealth lost during the Great Recession. The CFPB has delayed implementing reporting requirements that could close the credit gap for far too long.

PRA Government Services, an arm of debt-buying giant PRA Group, has launched an interactive tool designed to aid the understanding of complex city and county budgets.

Credit Protection Association LP has won a jury verdict in a case involving both the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

The issue of "credit invisibility" has attracted a great deal of attention in recent months. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released in May a study finding that 26 million Americans do not have a credit history, and another 18 million are unscorable because their histories are too limited.

First launched as a method for tracking vehicles during manufacturing in 1994, the humble QR code has become instantly recognisable for most consumers as a marketing tool.

Just as the Apple Watch prepares to land in the U.K., Barclaycard is launching three new high-tech accessories of its own — and borrowing Apple's practice of attaching a higher-than-average price tag to its wares.

A federal district court temporarily halted an Orlando, Fla.-based operation for credit card robocall campaigns dating to 2011.

The era of antitrust violations by the big card companies isn’t over yet; but at least it is starting to crumble.

Retailers increasingly prefer software to execute fast point of sale updates, leading longtime hardware provider NCR to use a centralized digital hub to help merchants avoid the cost and time of 'rip and replace' projects.