US leveraged loan default rates ticked higher in March, and the share of loans trading at distressed levels is now at its highest point in roughly three years. Key March metrics The distress ratio by amount (share of loans priced ...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Maryland Attorney General announced that they reached a settlement with Lindsay Automotive Group and some of its executives, resolving charges that the company's auto dealer deceived consumers by falsely advertising low prices for their ...

The FTC has sent warning letters to 97 auto dealership groups nationwide, telling them that their advertised vehicle prices must reflect the actual total price consumers are required to pay, including all mandatory dealer fees except government charges like taxes ...

In data released Tuesday (March 31) by the agency in its 2025 Consumer Response Annual Report, of the more than 6.6 million complaints filed in 2025, roughly 5.8 million were tied to credit or consumer reporting, accounting for 88% of ...

In yet another setback for the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) prior express written consent requirement applicable to robocalls and robotexts (i.e., autodialed and artificial/pre-recorded voice calls and autodialed texts), on March 20, 2026 in Bradley v. Dentalplans.com et al., the U.S ...

Legislation under discussion in Congress would layer additional privacy protections on top of existing GLBA/Reg P and NCUA safeguards for credit union members, while also trying to avoid duplicative burdens on credit unions through exemptions or deference to the current ...

Nacha announced that 20 organizations joined its Payments Innovation Alliance in the first quarter of 2026, expanding the cross‑industry network focused on ACH and broader payments innovation. Key points The announcement was made on April 2, 2026, highlighting that the ...

Key Points House Republicans and the Trump Administration appear to be abandoning the plan to eliminate the CFPB after 13 months of court losses. Only Congress can abolish the CFPB, and no executive order or funding cut can override that ...

The same technology that financial institutions deploying is being weaponised against them. That is the core tension running through Experian’s 2026 Future of Fraud Forecast, and it’s a tension the company is in a position to name because it sits ...