Nashville-based payday lender Advance Financial closed over 40 of its storefront locations Wednesday. At its peak in 2021, Advance had 105 locations, but over the past few years it has reduced that number and now operates under 30 stores, according ...

By Credit and Collection News Staff Ant International is teaming with Visa and Mastercard to develop common standards for payments initiated by artificial-intelligence agents, a move aimed at building stronger identity, authorization and risk controls as AI systems begin making ...

OpenAI on Thursday launched ChatGPT for Financial Services, a specialized version of its enterprise product aimed initially at investment-banking and equity-research teams. The offering combines OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra model with integrated financial data, firm templates and enterprise governance tools to ...

Mercury has received conditional approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for deposit insurance, moving the startup-focused fintech closer to operating its own national bank. The approval follows the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s conditional charter approval in ...

The FTC has proposed a new policy statement targeting data-driven personalized pricing under Section 5 of the FTC Act, requiring clear disclosures when prices vary based on individual consumer data. The Federal Trade Commission recently released a proposed Enforcement Policy ...

Company Reaffirms 2026 Guidance and Intends to Accelerate Share Repurchases CHICAGO, Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Enova International (NYSE: ENVA), a leading financial services company powered by machine learning and world-class analytics, today announced that it has withdrawn its applications with ...

Tax professionals across the country find themselves facing a wave of client questions as the Small Business Administration sent nearly 500,000 delinquent pandemic loans to the Treasury Department’s collection apparatus. Moving these loans over to Treasury for collection has been ...

State alleges streamer collected granular behavioral information from families and minors while building its advertising business; seeks billions in damages, data deletion and injunctive relief. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sued Netflix, alleging the streaming company ...

By Joseph Reilly, Lori Sommerfield, Chris Willis, Taylor Gess & Lane Page on September 11, 2026 POSTED IN ALL ENTRIES, FAIR LENDING, MORTGAGE LENDING, SERVICING + BANKING, STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL As we reported in December 2025, New Jersey’s Division on ...