Colorado’s 2026 medical debt bill, HB26-1267 (Limitations on Collection Actions for Medical Debt), was killed in the House Health & Human Services Committee on March 31, 2026, after heavy opposition from hospitals and other industry stakeholders. What happened procedurally HB26-1267 ...

The "burger wars" of the 1980s, which featured fierce marketing campaigns by McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's, have a new appearance today with some different players. Burger chains are battling economic challenges today, closing underperforming locations and, in some cases, ...

What is relied upon can often get taken for granted. That’s the position the accounts receivable (AR) function has traditionally found itself in. After all, what’s more important than getting paid? But despite its bottom-line impact, AR has traditionally been ...

The hospitals that emerged from the bankruptcies of Steward Health Care System and Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. were supposed to help stabilize one of the world’s largest hospital landlords by restoring a battered tenant base after two years of industry ...

As the Treasury Department gradually takes on much of the student loan collection typically done by the Department of Education, a major change will be the knowledge of education policy that agency staff have. The Trump administration announced last month ...

A legal challenge to California's debt collection licensing fees could have far-reaching implications for the state's regulatory landscape and credit markets. Two debt collection trade associations and a debt collector have filed a putative class action lawsuit against the California ...

New Solution Helps to Fast Track Digital Verifications, Reducing Friction for Lenders and Borrowers ATLANTA, April 14, 2026  /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) today announced the launch of The Work Number® Record Indicator for auto or personal loans, a new ...

reached a major class‑action settlement with U.S. merchants over credit card interchange/processing fees, creating a multibillion‑dollar fund and imposing temporary caps and reductions on certain interchange rates. Core settlement points A long‑running antitrust case alleged that Visa, Mastercard, and large ...

A recent TransUnion analysis found that about 1 in 6 U.S. consumers say they lost money to digital fraud in the past year, with a median loss of $2,307. Where the “1 in 6” and $2,307 come from TransUnion’s H1 ...