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Bank profits remain resilient despite lingering pandemic

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Unemployment remains high, many small businesses are struggling, and there are few signs that Congress and the White House can soon agree on another stimulus pack...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Government questions unfair student loan practices

NEW YORK – One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into higher-cost repayment plans. ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

Getting up to speed on the Equifax data breach scandal

NEW YORK – Equifax has been scrambling to explain itself since disclosing last week that it exposed vital data about 143 million Americans – effectively most of the U.S. adult population. It...

DATE: Sep 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Lawmakers criticize Equifax over breach

What people can do to protect themselves

DATE: Sep 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Company accused of scamming 9/11, NFL concussion victims

NEW YORK – New York and federal authorities sued a company Tuesday that they say scammed sick 9/11 responders and NFL players who are receiving payouts for concussion-related injuries. ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Wells Fargo CEO abruptly steps down

Resignation is effective immediately

DATE: Oct 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Stocks plunge after bleak Chinese manufacturing report

ConocoPhillips announces 1,800 layoffs

DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

What’s up with those new credit cards?

New technology will help cut losses to fraud

DATE: Jul 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Are we peering into the future of lending?

A peer-to-peer loan may be the best way to go for some

DATE: May 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

The Nasdaq is back but different

NEW YORK – Fifteen years, one month and 13 days. That’s how long it took the Nasdaq composite index to close above the record it set at the apex of the dot-com bubble. ...

DATE: Apr 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Scoring system aims to give credit where credit is due

NEW YORK – People struggling with a bad credit score, or lack of one, could benefit from a program rolling out in the next few months aimed at making it easier to get a Visa or MasterCard. ...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

American Express loses antitrust case

NEW YORK – A judge has ruled that American Express violated U.S. antitrust laws by barring merchants from asking customers to prefer one credit card over another. U.S. District Ju...

DATE: Feb 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business