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Uphold Challenges New York’s $5 Million CredEarn Settlement

The deal compels broker registration under New York’s Martin Act, signaling tougher state oversight of crypto promotions.

Judge Finalizes $425 Million Settlement Over Capital One 360 Savings Rates

Germany Opens Registration for One-Click Tax Return in MeinELSTER+ App

FCA Finalizes Car Finance Redress Scheme With £7.5 Billion in Payouts

NS&I Tracing Failure Leaves Up to 37,500 Estates Owed £476 Million

NS&I Cuts Premium Bonds Prize Rate to 3.3% From April, Lengthening Odds

Zero Fintech Shuts Down as Users Urged to Withdraw Before March 31

Schufa Unveils Simplified Credit Score With 0–999 Scale, Rolling Out Next Week

Schufa Launches 100–999 Points Credit Score Using 12 Defined Factors

Arizona Mandates Cash Rounding as Florida Measure Passes and Ohio Bill Is Introduced

Push for 10% Credit-Card Rate Cap Confronts Escalating Industry Resistance

Indecopi Opens Sanctioning Proceedings Against Banco Ripley, BanBif and Santander Consumer Bank

Ombudsman Finds Monzo Wrongly Denied Over 1,000 Fraud Refunds

Trump’s 10% Credit-Card Rate Cap Faces Bank Opposition and Legal Doubts

Mexico's Supreme Court Upholds Condusef's Power to Sanction Banks Over Debt-Collection Transparency

California Fines Nexo $500,000 for Unlicensed Crypto Loans

Trump Seeks One-Year 10% Cap on Credit-Card Interest Beginning Jan. 20, 2026

Spain Moves to Cap Consumer-Loan Rates With Draft Law

12 Million UK Current Accounts Over £5,000 Pay 1% or Less, Yorkshire Building Society Warns

Indecopi Final Ruling Orders Alfin Banco to Repay S/264,179.90, Imposes 22.63 UIT Fine for Unauthorized Operations