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WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. budget deficit jumped nearly four-fold to $257 billion in October, a figure inflated by one-off factors, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday in a report that started off a new fiscal year with…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed SB 1286 amending the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s coverage to certain commercial debt. Prior to this amendment, the RFDCPA’s restrictions applied only to certain debt collectors and creditors collecting consumer debt. The amendments are…

NEW YORK, Oct 24 (Reuters) – The cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt has climbed to its highest in nearly one year, suggesting investors are getting nervous about a U.S. presidential election outcome that could make the government…

NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The Treasury Department may offer fresh guidance on expected increases in its 2025 debt auctions when it announces its updated refunding plans this week, though uncertainty over the Nov. 5 U.S. elections likely means any details…

When a Social Security beneficiary dies, their loved ones may qualify for a one-time $255 lump-sum death payment. Yet that amount has not changed in 70 years — since 1954 — while inflation has pushed the costs for funerals higher. On Wednesday, Sen.…

The Federal Trade Commission has provided the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with its annual summary of activities to protect consumers in the debt collection arena. The summary is used by CFPB in its annual report to Congress on the activities of…

A Collection Agency means a person who engages directly or indirectly in the business of collecting for, or soliciting from another, a consumer claim; or collecting a consumer claim the person owns, if the claim was in default when the person acquired…

In 2023, The World Bank’s warning that the global economy would come ‘perilously close’ to a recession became a reality. As we step into 2024 still navigating uncertain waters, financial outlooks are still predicting that we’ll see the symptoms of a stretched…

A US bank says more than seven million people are affected by a major hack and data breach that’s impacting multiple financial firms and their customers. A new data breach notice at the Office of the Maine Attorney General shows a total…

Oracle has agreed to a settlement in a consumer privacy lawsuit that dates back to 2018, offering to pay out $115 million in total for the sale of user data to third parties. The lawsuit alleged that Oracle made $42.5…