Consumer lending

Officials in Maury County, Tenn. will begin working with collection agency Pioneer Credit Recovery to recover an estimated $10 million in debts owed to the county.

American Honda Finance Corp. has agreed to pay $24 million to consumers and lower the dealer price caps to settle federal charges that minorities received higher-cost auto loans than white borrowers.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is warning consumers about an increase in robocall complaints and, apparently, scams.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that debt collectors contacting third parties must prove in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cases that contact was made solely to find the debtor.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has vetoed sections of the state budget that would have paved the way for a major expansion of payday lenders' authority.

Regency Financial Services Inc. and its CEO Ivan Levy agreed to a permanent ban on telemarketing and the advertising, marketing or sale of any debt relief products or services.

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday released its Telephone Consumer Protection Act Omnibus Declaratory Ruling and Order, which takes effect immediately.

The Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility said it found no support for allegations that federal lawyers wrongly pursued legal online payday lenders and forced banks to cut ties with legitimate businesses.

Auto title loans in California grew by more than 10% in number and dollar value last year and the market has almost doubled since 2011, according to a new report.

The Republican presidential contender is reviewing legislation opposed by banks that would allow payday loan stores to expand into a variety of new products and services.

The operators of a fraudulent collection scheme are banned from debt collections in a settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges that they bilked millions of dollars from Spanish-speaking consumers.

A Liverpool, N.Y. collection agency that allegedly engaged in threatening and abusive practices must close permanently and pay back $400,000 to debtors, according to a court order.

Late payments on home equity credit lines hit their lowest level in more than six years, defying warnings about the looming aftershocks of loose bubble-era lending standards.

JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay more than $200 million to settle claims by federal and state authorities that the megabank wrongfully collected credit card payments on hundreds of thousands of consumers.

U.S. bankruptcy filings totaled 422,782 during the first six months of the year, a 12% drop from the 479,573 filings reported during the same period last year, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute, using data from by Epiq Systems Inc.

An exclusive Reuters report reveals JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay at least $125 million to settle investigations by federal and state authorities that the bank sought to improperly collect and sell consumer credit card debt.

WASHINGTON — A landmark agreement signed by one of the country's largest credit bureaus and hailed by federal and state officials as a "tough fix-it order" was supposed to usher in a new era where such firms would clean up inaccuracies and better respond to consumer complaints.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report detailing shortcomings found in how student loan servicers treat military borrowers.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston reached a broad agreement with the U.S. affiliate of Spanish powerhouse Banco Santander calling for improvements in internal risk management, liquidity and capital adequacy controls.

The former operators of an online payday lending scheme in the Kansas City area will be banned from the consumer finance business under a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.