As part of its ongoing efforts to combat scammers and protect consumers in every community, the Federal Trade Commission is now providing the ability to report fraud, scams and deceptive practices in multiple languages in addition to English and Spanish.
In an amendment to the Safeguards Rule of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), which was officially announced on October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will mandate that a wide array of nonbank financial institutions report instances of unauthorized acquisition of unencrypted, personally identifiable, nonpublic financial information pertaining to more than 500 customers.
The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department’s Antitrust Division participated in the G7 Competition Authorities and Policymakers’ Summit today to discuss how members are addressing competition concerns in digital markets, including in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI).
The Federal Trade Commission recently prevailed on summary judgment in a case against Jonathan Braun and his company RCG Advances, LLC. The product at issue, merchant cash advances, generally provide small businesses with critical and timely financing, and there was no dispute that the defendants gave these businesses upfront lump-sums of money in exchange for the right to collect future receivables.
Yuma, Arizona-based AEA Federal Credit Union will purchase substantially all of Goodyear, Arizona-based West Valley National Bank’s assets and assume substantially all of its liabilities in an all-cash deal announced Tuesday that represents the 11th time this year a credit union has bought a bank.
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