Merchant

Discover Financial Service agreed to an $8.7 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed in 2012.

Debt buyer Encore Capital Group Inc. has earned DBA International's industry certification. The program was launched last year and all DBA members are required to meet the standards by 2016.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has sued four online payday lenders and a loan lead generator promoted by talk show host Montel Williams.

The "buy local" Buzz Points loyalty program is adding mobile marketing technology to increase payments volume for non-chain merchants.

Two companies that operated as consumer-reporting agencies settled charges on Wednesday that they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

VeriFone Systems plans to offer a new portable card terminal that can accept EMV-chip card payments and uses several wireless technologies.

First Data has introduced new services for small to medium-sized businesses that work with its Clover Station tablet-based point of sale hardware.

A debt settlement company and its owner on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court to mail and wire fraud charges. Money bilked from 1,200 people helped pay nightclub expenses, luxury car leases and credit card bills.

Risk is again emerging as a concern in the consumer credit sector as the economic recovery moves into its fifth year, according to a survey of bank risk professionals.

Roam, Ingenico's mobile point of sale subsidiary, has partnered with services provider EVO Payments International to market Roam's technology to U.S. merchants.