Scammers are increasingly targeting digital payment methods like bank transfers, debit cards, digital wallets and peer-to-peer payment apps as consumers re ...

Retailers are implementing AI through software companies like Happy Returns and Narvar to detect return fraud and issue ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has filed a lawsuit against e-commerce giant Temu, alleging several violations of the Iowa ...

Suspicious activity reports, or SARs, from banks related to fraud are on pace to level off this year for what would be the first time since 2014, when the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network began ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President-elect Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, filed Monday, relies on an Iowa consumer protection law to ...

A fictitious pricing claim is not about actual value, it is about what the retailer represented the value to be to induce the purchase. In 1960, our Legislature enacted the Consumer Fraud Act (now N.J ...

While there has been a plateau in the overall number of reports of fraud victimizing both banks and consumers, the number still remains far higher than pre-pandemic norms, and some fraud costs are ...

How bad is consumer fraud? Let’s put it this way: it’s quickly moving from bad to worse. Very quickly. Fraudulent transactions in the first half of 2024 were up over 73% year over year, and suspected ...

Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and fraud. Add a new certainty for 2025: A new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Whoever the new director is (I’m willing to ...

Mastercard Incorporated MA recently announced the updation of its AI-powered Consumer Fraud Risk solution, designed to help banks prevent consumers from real-time payment scams. This move solidifies ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Monday marks the start of National Consumer Protection Week, a time to raise awareness about consumer rights and educate the public on avoiding frauds. It comes at a time ...

On June 27, 2026, Canada’s Department of Finance published proposed regulations amending the Financial Consumer Protection Framework Regulations ...