Merchant

Arizona's attorney general quietly rehired his former spokeswoman to lead the state's Collections Enforcement Unit, a move that could lead to political fallout.

Local court officials across Tennessee gained approval last week to add an additional fee if they use an outside collection agency to pursue unpaid criminal court fines and fees.

U.S. attorneys general launched a multistate investigation into a data breach at a subsidiary of Experian that gave criminals access to consumers' bank account, Social Security and drivers' license numbers.

A Missouri House panel adopted a measure to drop renewals on payday loans and lower the amount of interest borrowers can charge.

SCVNGR's LevelUp has begun a campaign to urge users of its mobile wallet to fund payments from a debit card instead of a credit card. The end goal is to get its transaction fees as low as possible, while filling a void left by merchants who switched away from another pricing model it boldly called Interchange Zero.

In the technology market, making the jump from early adoption to the mainstream is the difference between becoming the next iPad and becoming the next Laserdisc. Mobile wallets find themselves in this very position today as a next-gen product in need of a push to reach their tipping point.

The two principal owners of Rincon Debt Management will surrender more than $3.3 million to settle charges related to a debt collection scheme.

VeriFone Systems had five of its Payware EMV-enabled mobile card readers approved for the Visa Ready Program.

PayPal now offers the chip-and-PIN version of its PayPal Here mobile card reader to merchants in Australia.

Two West Virginia auto loan companies settled complaints over their debt collection practices.