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  • Published on Jul 11, 2025

    Credit scores will get a buy-now-pay-later update. Here’s what that means.

    The way your credit score is calculated may change this fall. The Fair Isaac Corporation — commonly known as FICO — announced in June a new version of its scoring algorithms to include buy-now-pay-later loan data. The change comes as consumers increasingly …

    Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania - Center-left
  • Published on Jul 11, 2025

    Know Now or Pay Later: Navigating New York's Buy-Now-Pay-Later Act

    Once hailed as the sleek, interest-free alternative to credit cards, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) loans have become a defining feature of modern consumer finance. Consumers like them because with just a few clicks, they can typically split payments into four ( …

    Source: JD Supra - California - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 9, 2025

    Lawsuit claims Xactus, Equifax, others violated Fair Credit Reporting Act

    Xactus moved to have the suit transferred to federal court in Riverside, California, on Monday.  The suit claims that the defendants attempted to  “unlawfully and abusively collect an invalid debt from Plaintiff and for inaccurately reporting information …

    Source: Housing Wire - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 8, 2025

    Homebuyers Protection Act passes U.S. House

    A bill aimed at improving the homebuying process for Americans passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, aiming to reduce the number of unwanted calls and messages which follow a mortgage application. U.S. Rep. John Rose (R-TN), representing the sixth …

    Source: Lebanon Democrat - Tennessee - Pending
  • Published on Jul 9, 2025

    How to know if someone’s been using your identity

    How to know if someone’s been using your identity Identity theft can happen quickly and quietly. A stolen Social Security number, a misused credit card, a fake address tied to your name—it’s possible for someone to impersonate you without leaving any …

    Source: 106.1 WNGC - Georgia - Pending
  • Published on Jul 9, 2025

    Pulte's Vantage Score Comments Leave Mortgage Market Guessing

    If you think that everything is great in the U.S. economy, maybe it’s not. At least in New Jersey. While many residents are frolicking on the Jersey Shore, Toms River schools, one of New Jersey’s largest districts, voted to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy …

    Source: Mortgage News Daily - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 11, 2025

    Insolvency-related activity falls again in Oxfordshire and the South East

    Insolvency-related activity fell for the third consecutive month in Oxfordshire and the South East last month, says R3, the UK’s restructuring, turnaround and insolvency trade body. R3’s analysis of data provided by Creditsafe indicated a drop in …

    Source: Banbury Today - Pending
  • Published on Jul 11, 2025

    Kentucky State Police investigates fraud case

    HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) -Kentucky State Police are investigating a fraud case in Hazard. Troopers at Kentucky State Police Post 13 said it started as a scam and led to the loss of a lot of money. “It originate as an IRS type scam, phone call. Unfortunately, it …

    Source: WYMT - Kentucky - Pending
  • Published on Jul 11, 2025

    Eleventh Circuit reverses “clickwrap” case in favor of credit agency

    On July 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed and remanded a district court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration, ordering that a dispute between an individual and a credit reporting company must proceed to arbitration. The …

    Source: JD Supra - California - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 10, 2025

    Daily Audio Newscast - July 10, 2025

    Six minutes of news from around the nation. Texas flooding death toll climbs to 119 as search for more people continues; Poll: Most Americans say Trump has gone 'too far' on immigration; Consumer protection agency takes a big hit under Trump tax …

    Source: Kiowa County Press - Colorado - Pending
  • Published on Jul 10, 2025

    BUYER BEWARE: Passport application website taking travelers' money and personal information

    GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — As summer travel heats up, many people are considering whether it's time to renew their passports. However, scammers are taking advantage of this increased interest, hoping to mislead those searching for information related to …

    Source: FOX 17 - Michigan - Indeterminate
  • Published on Jul 9, 2025

    How Earned Wage Access Is Reshaping The Employer-Employee Compact

    One of the many ways that business leaders are adapting to inflation and economic uncertainty is by helping employees with innovative payroll tools. Earned wage access programs— powered by fintech startups like Earnin, DailyPay, and One@Work (formerly Even …

    Source: Forbes - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 10, 2025

    Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Will Now Consider Rent History When Assessing Credit

    Freddie Mae and Fannie Mac are now allowed to calculate rent history in the algorithm for determining credit history loan approval. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will now use multiple methods to assess mortgage applicants due to a new decision by the Federal …

    Source: Black Enterprise - Pending
  • Published on Jul 9, 2025

    Credit scores in these cities saw the biggest jump last year

    (File: Kunakorn Rassadornyindee / iStock / Getty Images Plus) Some U.S. cities are making faster strides than others when it comes to financial health—especially when measured by credit score improvements. According to new data from WalletHub, …

    Source: FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona - Indeterminate
  • Published on Jul 9, 2025

    Big Data Is Watching and Corporate Media Doesn’t Care

    As the second Trump administration is dispatching its minions to stalk U.S. streets, smashing citizens’ First Amendment rights, in partnership with unregulated Big Tech, it also surveils online, helping itself to citizens’ personal identifiable information …

    Source: Pacific Sun - California - Pending
  • Published on Jul 9, 2025

    Louisiana, Texas Residents Targeted in New Amazon Package Scam

    Highlights Recent surge in "brushing" scams across Louisiana and Texas involving unsolicited packages from Amazon, Temu, and other retailers with QR codes inside QR codes pose a new threat - scanning can lead to phishing websites that steal …

    Source: Cajun Radio - Louisiana - Pending
  • Published on Jul 9, 2025

    Ford Just Made It a Lot Easier to Buy a Car This Summer

    On the surface, Ford’s latest announcement is a fantastic deal for car buyers. The company is retiring its “employee pricing for all” campaign and rolling out an aggressive “Zero, Zero, Zero” summer sales event: zero down payment, zero percent interest for …

    Source: Gizmodo - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 8, 2025

    Fannie, Freddie add VantageScore, keep tri-merge

    The conservator and regulator of two influential government-related mortgage investors has announced a credit score other than FICO's "classic" metric can be used when submitting loans to them. Effective immediately, Fannie Mae and Freddie …

    Source: National Mortgage News - Pending
  • Published on Jul 8, 2025

    No Full TIN, No Problem: FinCEN Approves of TIN Verification Through a Third Party

    Key Takeaways FinCEN’s Order provides an exemption to the CIP Rule that increases operational flexibility by permitting banks to use an alternative collection method for obtaining TIN information rather than directly from the customer. For example, banks …

    Source: JD Supra - California - Neutral

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