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Federal Trade Commission Related Topics 
TechCrunch Fintech
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Tuesday it will be taking action against the online cash app and neobank Dave, which it says used “misleading marketing to deceive consumers.”
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Payments Dive
JULY 6, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission revved up its case against Walmart last week, alleging the retailer facilitated fraudulent transactions, despite a court ruling setback in March.
Payments Dive
APRIL 22, 2025
Uber user complaints about recurring monthly charges, unclear enrollment and a frustrating cancellation process spur a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit.
Finextra
JULY 23, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating how companies including Mastercard and JPMorgan Chase use AI and personal data for services that let firms set different prices for different people.
Finextra
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Americans lost more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023, with investment scams accounting for nearly half of the losses, Federal Trade Commission data shows.
The Paypers
OCTOBER 24, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a final click-to-cancel rule that is set to require sellers to simplify how consumers cancel their recurring subscriptions and memberships.
Payments Dive
MARCH 21, 2025
The value of fraud losses last year was highest for bank transfers and payments, followed by cryptocurrency transactions, according to a report from the Federal Trade Commission released last week.
Payments Dive
JULY 23, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission demanded information from eight companies, including the card network, to better understand how consumer data is being used in the pricing of products and services.
Payments Source
OCTOBER 15, 2019
The facial recognition development trail is dotted with starts and stops in its search for consumer adoption, from Mastercard's "selfie pay" to Apple's 3-D facial scan tests and the Federal Trade Commission's approval of biometric authorization.
Finextra
APRIL 8, 2025
billion last year, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Scams impersonating businesses and government officials cost Americans $2.95
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Payments Source
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
The Federal Trade Commission contends Venmo misled consumers on funds availability and security disclosures.
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Finextra
MAY 2, 2024
BlueSnap and its former CEO have settled with the Federal trade Commission (FTC) for knowingly processing payments for "deceptive and fraudulent" companies.
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Payments Dive
DECEMBER 5, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission is scheduled to hear from six industry organizations concerned about a proposed rule that would crack down on automatically renewing subscriptions.
Electronic Payments Coalition
APRIL 9, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a report questioning whether COVID-19 price increases at grocery conglomerates, including corporate mega-stores, were necessary and if the continued higher prices were all about increasing profits.
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Payments Dive
JULY 6, 2022
In a fiery rebuttal to the Federal Trade Commission lawsuit last week, the nation’s biggest retailer is already doing battle in the court of public opinion.
Payments Source
DECEMBER 23, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against FleetCor Technologies and its CEO Ronald Clarke, alleging they used deceptive practices that defrauded its business customers of hundreds of millions of dollars in fees and false claims about fuel savings.
Payments Dive
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint Tuesday alleging the fintech rarely disbursed the advertised loan amount and charged consumers a “tip” without giving them the ability to opt out of it.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 13, 2020
In June, Reuters reported the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is conducting a preliminary inquiry of Google’s $1.1 Founded in 2007, Waze said it had 130 million monthly users as of February 2020. Google, the world’s dominant online search engine, has faced growing regulatory scrutiny in recent years.
Payments Source
JANUARY 14, 2020
The specific impetus for the Federal Trade Commission's inquiry into Visa and Mastercard's debit transaction routing processes is not entirely clear, but it likely stems from the effect that advanced payments technology has had on Durbin amendment compliance.
Payments Source
JULY 19, 2019
The agreement with authorities including the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general — and possibly the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — may be announced as soon as Monday.
Finextra
MARCH 10, 2025
billion to fraud in 2024, a 25% increase over the previous year, according to Federal Trade Commission data. Americans reported losing more than $12.5
PYMNTS
AUGUST 11, 2020
Representatives of the companies either denied wrongdoing or declined to comment.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 4, 2020
While the transactions were approved by regulators, some Capitol Hill lawmakers have raised antitrust concerns and urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to break up the company and its subsidiaries.
PYMNTS
JUNE 10, 2020
senators urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate allegations that TikTok violated a consent decree protecting children’s privacy, Dig.Watch reported. Authorities said there are concerns about potential misuse. Wednesday’s announcement by the investigative panel comes weeks after four U.S.
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PYMNTS
DECEMBER 28, 2020
More than 200,000 Americans were scammed out of $145 million relating to the pandemic since the beginning of 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said. .
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PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
To find out if Amazon is utilizing its market power to hurt competition, a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) team of investigators has started to interview small businesses that sell items on Amazon. 11), citing unnamed merchants.
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PYMNTS
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Facebook is also set to face legal action from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and numerous states, with FTC commissioner Rohit Chopra saying U.S. He led a 48-state investigation into the company's practices in 2019. Earlier this month, he said more states could still add their names to the lawsuit against Google.
Payments Source
MAY 20, 2020
First Data Merchant Services LLC and a former executive agreed to pay more than $40 million to settle a claim by the Federal Trade Commission that the company processed payments and laundered credit card transactions for scams targeting hundreds of thousands of consumers.
Finextra
JANUARY 2, 2025
The US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have launched legal action against Dave, the mobile banking app, alleging that it misled customers over its charges.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Facebook could soon be staring down a lawsuit as the Federal Trade Commission and numerous states attorneys general finish up one or more antitrust cases against the social media giant, Reuters reports.
PYMNTS
JUNE 12, 2020
Fraud was the top complaint related to coronavirus logged by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), according to new reports released on the organization’s website. There were 47,881 fraud complaints to the FTC across the country , the majority in every state. There were 14,079 complaints about identity theft, and 3,738
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PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Since August, PYMNTS reported , the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has tracked 184,000 cases related to the pandemic. Fraud has particularly been an issue during the pandemic, with increased cases sprouting up since March as fraudsters feed off the confusion and disarray of the world's scramble to adapt to the new reality.
Payments Source
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
The payments, which total more than $10 million, stem from a 2017 settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The agency charged that NetSpend deceived consumers by advertising that they could get immediate access to their funds.
Payments Source
AUGUST 1, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission just updated its website with disappointing news: No, you aren’t getting $125 because of the Equifax Inc. data breach.
Finextra
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against fintech Dave for using "misleading marketing" and charging "surprise" fees for its cash advance service.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to prevent mergers by allowing consumers to control their data through portability between platforms. Buck agreed with some of the report’s recommendations. For example, he supports a proposal that would make it easier for the U.S.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 20, 2020
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of the agency’s antitrust investigation into the popular social media giant, CNBC reported.
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PYMNTS
DECEMBER 21, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged the companies cut deals that left customers with limited choices. . Upon the closing of the transaction, the current Acima management team will report to Preferred Dynamix Executive Vice President Jason Hogg , and the combined business will be reported in the Preferred Lease segment.
Payments Source
OCTOBER 24, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission should look into whether Amazon’s failure to secure its services “constitutes an unfair business practice,” which would violate federal law, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden wrote the agency's chairman.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 17, 2019
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to put in place a new framework to increase the transparency of companies that handle user data. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive who has emerged as a powerful privacy advocate, has called on the U.S.
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Fi911
APRIL 15, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States, for example, has specific guidelines aimed at ensuring transparency and preventing unfair practices. Is Negative-Option Billing Legal? The legality of negative-option billing varies depending on the jurisdiction, but it is generally permissible under certain conditions.
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BioCatch
MARCH 5, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has called social media the golden goose for scammers noting consumer losses to fraud were far higher on these platforms than any other form of contact. This is in line with data from UK Finance which reported 76% of authorized push payment (APP) fraud originates from online platforms.
PYMNTS
MAY 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an uptick in digital fraud and identity theft, with 18,235 pandemic-related fraud reports received by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since the beginning of the year.
PYMNTS
MAY 22, 2020
After a payday lender allegedly left consumers to pay more than promised by drawing continued interest-only deductions, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged a lending operation with overcharging customers and taking money from their bank accounts without authorization.
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