The piece you’re referring to is about the FTC’s new Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on “unfair or deceptive rental housing fee practices,” which formally kicks off a rental-fee rulemaking focused on hidden or junk fees in long‑term housing ...

FTC’s lawsuit against Walmart carries warning for gig workers The FTC’s lawsuit and $100 million settlement with Walmart over its Spark Driver program is a signal that gig platforms broadly can face enforcement if they mislead workers about pay, tips, ...

By Jonathan Sharp There has been a lot of noise about how AI is changing culture in financial institutions, but culture is about people, derived from and driven by a company’s values, such as integrity, transparency, and innovation. People are at ...

State AGs from 13 states have filed a multistate lawsuit against OneMain Financial alleging that it “packed” personal loans with junk-fee add‑ons, including home and auto membership products similar to auto club/roadside assistance, through misleading and high‑pressure tactics that often ...

“It’s the people’s data. It’s the people’s money. And we can’t innovate financial privacy laws without our communities being at the center of those decisions.” WASHINGTON – Today, at a House Financial Services Committee hearing, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) emphasized the ...

The resumption of student loan payments has pushed delinquency back to roughly 2019 levels, but with borrowers now carrying larger debt loads and more widespread financial strain across other types of credit.​ Key points you can infer from the title ...

Midway through the first quarter of 2026, American households are carrying record-breaking credit card debt. Once a quick and easy fix for simple expenses, it has had to turn into a financial lifeline for millions of Americans trying to manage ...

A federal judge has held that the Trump administration acted unlawfully when it claimed last year that it could not request more funding for the CFPB and declined to do so. What the judge decided U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ...

Ryanair had Austrian bailiffs board one of its Boeing 737s in Linz this week over an unpaid compensation judgment of about €890–€893 owed to a passenger whose 2024 flight was delayed 13 hours. What actually happened The passenger’s July 2024 ...