Small businesses that signed with Riverside Payments would get refunds from a $600,000 fund and a 60-day fee-free exit under a proposed Washington attorney general and FTC order
Small businesses that signed card-processing contracts with Riverside Payments Inc. of Vancouver, Wash., or leased machines from its affiliate Cascade Equipment Leasing would receive refunds from a $600,000 fund and get 60 days to leave without an early termination fee under a proposed order announced Nov. 2, 2026. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and the […]
Read MoreSmall businesses that signed with Riverside Payments would get refunds from a $600,000 fund and a 60-day fee-free exit under a proposed Washington attorney general and FTC order
Small businesses that signed card-processing contracts with Riverside Payments Inc. of Vancouver, Wash., or leased machines from its affiliate Cascade Equipment Leasing would receive refunds from a $600,000 fund and get 60 days to leave without an early termination fee under a proposed order announced Nov. 2, 2026. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and the […]
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Small businesses that signed with Riverside Payments would get refunds from a $600,000 fund and a 60-day fee-free exit under a proposed Washington attorney general and FTC order
Small businesses that signed card-processing contracts with Riverside Payments Inc. of Vancouver, Wash., or leased machines from its affiliate Cascade…
Personal Finance
Smart Spending
Small businesses that signed with Riverside Payments would get refunds from a $600,000 fund and a 60-day fee-free exit under a proposed Washington attorney general and FTC order
Small businesses that signed card-processing contracts with Riverside Payments Inc. of Vancouver, Wash., or leased machines from its affiliate Cascade…
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Two Ghana-based romance scam chairmen pleaded guilty in New York federal court and agreed to restitution of $12.5 million and $28.6 million
Isaac Oduro Boateng and Inusah Ahmed, two Ghana-based men the Justice Department calls “chairmen” of a romance-scam organization, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire...
Loans & Lending
Lenders cannot weigh an applicant’s age, with limited exceptions, or whether income comes from a public assistance program when deciding on credit
Lenders are barred from taking an applicant’s age into account when judging creditworthiness, with limited exceptions, and from weighing whether any of the applicant’s income...
Loans & Lending
The FTC’s Holder Rule lets car buyers who finance through the dealer press claims against the seller with the lender, up to what they paid
Car buyers who finance through the dealership can take the same complaints they have about the seller to the bank or finance company that bought...
Bank Accounts & Fees
Banks cannot charge overdraft fees on ATM withdrawals unless customers opt in
Banks cannot charge an overdraft fee to pay an ATM withdrawal or a one-time debit card purchase unless the customer has opted in, under Regulation...
Bank Accounts & Fees
Banks must give 30 days’ notice before raising fees on deposit accounts
Banks must mail or deliver notice at least 30 calendar days before an adverse change to a deposit account takes effect, under Regulation DD, the...
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Card issuers must give 45 days’ notice before significant changes like higher rates
Credit card companies must put a significant change to an account in writing at least 45 days before it takes effect, under Regulation Z, the...
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Homeowners who file a complete loss mitigation application more than 37 days before a foreclosure sale can halt the sale while the servicer weighs it
Homeowners facing foreclosure who submit a complete loss mitigation application more than 37 days before a foreclosure sale can stop…
Retirement & Taxes
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz says 93% of Medicare beneficiaries without low-income help can get an enhanced Part D plan for under $6 a month in 2027
Taxpayers in 40 Alabama counties hit by Hurricane Isaias have until Feb. 4, 2027 for federal returns and payments, the IRS said Oct. 14
Social Security says it added 17 million missing dates of death and updated about 25 million records lacking citizenship data in an SSN database cleanup
A surviving spouse who sells the family home within two years of a partner’s death can still exclude up to $500,000 of the gain from tax
Medicare patients switched from inpatient to observation status can lose skilled nursing coverage, and some Original Medicare patients can appeal the change under an Oct. 11, 2024 rule, though CMS closed its filing window for older stays on Jan. 2, 2026
Postal retirees in Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Standard Option pay $11.44 more per pay period for Self Plus One in 2027, while NALC High Option Self Only drops $5.08
Federal enrollees in Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Standard Option pay $39.01 more per pay period for Self Plus One in 2027, with open season Nov. 9 to Dec. 14
Social Security’s hold-harmless rule keeps any Part B premium increase from shrinking most beneficiaries’ net checks as the 2027 raise arrives in January
Oglala Sioux Tribe taxpayers hit by June storms and flooding have until Feb. 1, 2027 to file and pay federal taxes under IRS disaster relief
Working retirees under full retirement age can earn $25,560 in 2027 before Social Security withholds $1 for every $2 above it, up from $24,480
The IRS raised 2027 health savings account limits to $4,500 for self-only coverage and $9,000 for family plans, with a $1,000 catch-up for people 55 or older
Medicare members who switch drug plans by the Dec. 7 enrollment deadline drop out of the Prescription Payment Plan and must rejoin through the new plan
People on Social Security disability will have a trial work month count in 2027 once they earn more than $1,270, up from $1,210 in 2026