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A new law in Connecticut is designed to reduce unsolicited commercial phone intrusions by banning text messages.

The city of Los Angeles accused JPMorgan Chase & Co. of targeting minority borrowers with predatory loans in a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court.

A survey of working age low- and middle-income households finds that they accrue credit card debt not necessarily because of irresponsible spending habits.

The lawsuit against a former county deputy clerk seeks to recover more than $75,000 in public funds she allegedly misappropriated before being fired.

Apple executives have started talking to high-end retailers to gauge their interest in a mobile payments service, the Apple news site 9to5Mac reports.

Business owners in Southeast Asia who use Bangkok Bank's payment services will be able to accept cards on the Discover Global Network, under an agreement with Discover's Diners Club International Ltd.

A national subprime auto lender will pay more than $5.5 million to settle charges that it used illegal tactics to service and collect consumers’ loans.

Orderbird says it is ready to migrate into new markets after adding 400 new customers for its iPad-based point of sale system in recent months and adding payments industry veterans to its supervisory board.

The largest real estate company in Alabama was ordered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pay for practices that illegally benefited an affiliated firm.

Americans don't understand their credit scores, specifically the way they are calculated, and are possibly damaging their credit reports as a result, according to a new survey.