Consumer lending

Ally Financial has blasted a proxy advisory firm for its recommendation that shareholders vote against the re-election of four of the Detroit company's directors.

Regions Financial has made clear that it wants to ramp up in consumer and small-business lending, and a big part of its strategy is teaming up with alternative lenders.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by Allstate Insurance Co. to stop a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action.

Consumer credit default rates remained relatively flat in March despite a jump in bank card default rates, according to the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices.

A purported nonprofit that allegedly benefitted from a massive landline phone bill cramming operation has agreed to turn over most of its assets in order to settle Federal Trade Commission charges.

A Meridian, Miss.-based collection agency told the Lauderdale County (Miss.) Board of Supervisors last week that they have the expertise to collect $7.2 million in unpaid fines and fees owed to the county since 1984.

A Las Vegas-based collection agency has filed more than a thousand medical debt collection lawsuits against St. Louis area residents since the end of 2014.

Senior members of the Obama Administration posted a blog advocating "a moral case" for putting an end to payday lending abuses, citing support from a variety of religious leaders.

Senior members of the Obama administration posted a blog under the headline: "A Moral Case for Putting a Stop to Payday Lending Abuses." White House officials are citing support from a diverse array of religious leaders for ending the cycle of debt caused by taking out multiple payday loans.

The Better Business Bureau serving the western part of Florida has issued an alert about a fraudulent debt collection operation using the name ACS Inc.