A New York federal district court is preparing to hear the trial of payday-lender-turned-race-car-driver Scott Tucker beginning September 11th. Last year, federal district attorneys brought a $2 billion action against Tucker and his business associate, Timothy Muir,...
While the biggest banks continue to ignore credit demands from small businesses, FinTech companies are finding ways to help the nearly 28 million small businesses in America. Public-private partnerships are moving payment processing to the next level, and FinTech...
A recent study by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder, a talent acquisition company, found that 78% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, including nearly 1 in 10 who make more than $100,000 per year. Twenty percent of American workers have missed a payment...
A California class action against PHH Corp. and Realogy alleging an elaborate kickback scheme to funnel referrals to subsidiaries in violation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act has settled for $17 million. The settlement does not include an admission of...
A federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed a lawsuit this month against Plain Green, LLC, a tribal lending entity (TLE) wholly owned and operated by the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy Reservation, on the grounds that the tribe’s...
States license more than 1,100 occupations in America, including professions as diverse as boxing in Nevada, hearing aid sales in Michigan, and talent agents in Connecticut. For small dollar lending, some states, like Washington, require a consumer loan license to...