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FTC, Florida reach $150,000 settlement with Chargebacks911

Payments Dive

The Federal Trade Commision and Florida had sued the company for using deceptive tactics to prevent consumers from disputing credit card charges.

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FTC Calls For Tighter Small Biz Lending Scrutiny

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is eyeing tighter scrutiny of small business lending practices as Commissioner Rohit Chopra calls on the regulator to combat predatory SMB loan contracts, reports in Bloomberg said on Wednesday (May 8). Chopra spoke at an agency forum in Washington, D.C., Chopra spoke at an agency forum in Washington, D.C.,

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While FTC’s ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Should Reduce Chargebacks, Experts Warn Effective Communication Should Remain Top Priority

Fintech Finance

Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ‘click-to-cancel’ rule , which will require businesses offering subscription services or memberships to make it much easier for customers to cancel.

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FTC: Fraudsters Posed As Attorneys In Debt Collection Scheme

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is putting the kibosh on a debt collection operation’s illegal activity. The FTC reported news that victims received phone calls stating that legal action had been filed against them, or soon would be, and that they should call in with the provided case number — phony, of course. Hall and Dequan M.

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The Search for Payment Page Perfection

Segpay

acquirers, they are now rejecting opt-out cross sales or negative options on payment pages due to regulatory concerns, primarily driven by consumer protection legislation, pressure from the card brands to lower dispute rates, and the threat of legal action. .” In talking with our U.S. Their direction seems clear.

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FTC: Fair Credit Reporting Act Still Top Priority

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She noted that FTC has brought more than 30 actions to enforce the FCRA against consumer reporting agencies, users of consumer reports, and furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies.

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Report: Companies Say Amazon Accessed Proprietary Info To Make Its Own Products

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Any legitimate disputes about intellectual property ownership are rightly resolved in the courts.”. Amazon denied it uses confidential information companies share to construct competing products. Unfortunately, there will always be self-interested parties who complain rather than build,” Drew Herdener , an Amazon spokesman, told the WSJ.

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