The Fall River Traffic Department has launched a December ticket amnesty that waives city late fees on eligible 2025 parking tickets if people pay their balances in person by Dec. 30. The department cautioned, however, that the original violation amount ...

Fannie and Freddie: Single Family Delinquency Rate Mostly Unchanged in October Freddie Mac reported that the Single-Family serious delinquency rate in October was 0.56%, down from 0.57% September. Freddie's rate is up year-over-year from 0.55% in October 2024, however, this ...

Wells Fargo has partnered with ABC10 for the 2025 "Stand Against Hunger" campaign to combat food insecurity in Northern California. This partnership supports a community-wide food drive and fundraising effort that benefits several local food banks.​​ Stand Against Hunger Campaign ...

AI is reshaping dispute resolution in fintech by automating end‑to‑end workflows, detecting fraud more accurately, speeding up chargeback decisions, and giving customers faster, clearer outcomes at much lower cost.​ Key use cases in fintech Card disputes and chargebacks: Specialist platforms ...

Florida currently has one of the highest serious credit card delinquency rates in the country, and the rapid growth of “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) is adding another layer of risk for already stretched households. Together, high revolving balances, rising ...

AG requests information to address concerns over hidden fees, unclear terms, and debt traps. Inquiry follows Trump administration’s deregulation of BNPL lenders. Attorney General Ellison today joined a multistate coalition of seven attorneys general sending letters to the six largest ...

A federal watchdog has warned that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) no longer meets key data protection standards, declaring its information security program “not effective.” The Office of Inspector General (OIG) cited a decline in cybersecurity practices at the ...

In the latest of her exclusive articles for SMEWeb, Small Business Commissioner Emma Jones CBE shares tips for small business owners can get invoices paid on time. Emma runs the independent public body that tackles late payments and unfair payment practices. Since ...

AI is widely expected to be the defining accelerator of cyber risk in 2026, both by supercharging attackers and by creating new classes of vulnerabilities that existing defenses are not designed to handle.​ Why AI Is Now the “Major Threat” ...