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PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – The most wonderful time of the year just got a little more wonderful for Tyndall Federal Credit Union members Thursday. The not-for-profit credit union ran a campaign called “Grateful Means Giving.” This campaign…
Credit cards are the gold standard for payments in America. Sixty-five percent of the U.S. population — 168 million adults — have made a purchase using…
SAN FRANCISCO, December 07, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American Express (NYSE: AXP) announced today, in partnership with Nova Credit, that it has expanded credit access to people from Brazil,…
ACA’s licensing team has resources to help with the state’s new licensing application required for collectors before the end of the year. 12/07/2021 1:15 PM 2…
A new report has revealed that about 97,000 Americans fell victim to credit card fraud in the third quarter of 2021. “Data reveals that 97 thousand…
Thanks to emergency relief measures passed during the Covid-19 pandemic, most borrowers have been able to skip payments on federal student loans since March of 2020.…
Say you are sitting around on a Sunday evening, getting ready to watch a professional football game on television, when the phone rings. It’s a debt…
TransUnion expects lenders to originate a few more consumer loans in 2022 than they will originate this year. A report from the Chicago credit rating agency…
Until this month, the regulations governing how financial institutions and others could pursue debt collection were firmly grounded in the Jimmy Carter era. Updates to the…
Banking Law By Evan Weinberger U.S. buy now, pay later industry has grown exponentially since 2020 Consumer advocates raised concerns about credit reporting, disclosures The CFPB…
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