Massive debt collection firm Expert Global Solutions has agreed to pay a $3.2 million civil penalty to settle charges it violated...
Americans who have trouble dividing 300 by 2 are much more likely to end up in foreclosure than consumers with average math skills, a new...
The National Security Agency has spent years demanding that companies turn over their data. Now, the spy agency finds the shoe is on the...
Struggling student loan debtors are being tricked into paying up to $1,600 in fees to private firms offering "debt relief" that they...
Texas residents will have a little more protection from the prying eyes of local law enforcement than the rest of America starting in...
The debate about the NSA spying program feels like a bad game of charades. Members of Congress and leaders of three-letter agencies keep...
When consumers call companies asking for a break, they don't always get the right answer the first time. That's why persistence can pay...
Recent college graduates who score their first job might be tempted to splurge on a new car or an apartment that's a little out of their...
Prepaid debit cards, long synonymous with frustrating or even exploitative fees, are suddenly a pretty good deal. In fact, artfully...
LivingSocial's customer database has been hacked, impacting the website's 50 million customers. The firm began sending emails to...
A stock market and a nation already on edge was temporarily knocked off its axis on Tuesday by a single fake tweet. Following a hack...
Cellphone users annoyed by costly text spam or unexpected fees have hope: The Federal Trade Commission filed its first ever case against...
Banks knocked offline, day after day - on Thursday, it was WellsFargo.com's turn. A digital skirmish between two European firms that grew...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made its database of complaints against mortgage issuers, student loan firms, credit...
Devastating cellphone hacks that hijack your most personal gadget and rob you of privacy and money have long been forecast. But even as...
The Equifax credit bureau confirmed Tuesday that criminals have stolen credit reports from AnnualCreditReport.com, the website designed...
If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau disappeared tomorrow, would anyone notice? What is expected to be a contentious Senate...
Plenty of investors are celebrating as the Dow Industrial Average set a record on Tuesday … but some Americans aren’t invited to the...
Desperate consumers who are out of borrowing options are using their automobiles as collateral and paying $3.5 billion a year in interest...
Kevin Mandia has "kicked the hornet's nest." Now, he's waiting to see what the consequences might be. Mandia's computer security firm,...
The offline and online data collection worlds are about to collide as never before. Facebook will soon announce partnerships with Axciom,...
Helaine Olen has begun an important discussion in the world of money: Is anybody's advice worth paying for? The author's new book, “Pound...