South Florida-based Spirit Airlines is the first carrier to hit the $100 fee level for a carry-on bag, depending on where and when a passenger checks in. Most airlines don’t charge for carry-ons, especially if ...

One debt collection operation is boasting about a “revolutionary” approach to higher recoveries: just be nice to consumers. In its first five months of implementation, Baltimore-based Access Receivables said ...

A federal court judge has ruled that the marketers behind get-rich-quick infomercials – peddling real estate and Internet riches – misled consumers in violation of federal law, according to the Federal Trade ...

The Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules to protect Americans from hard-to-detect fraudulent charges on their landline phone bills, a practice known as “cramming.” The new rules combat the ...

There were more than 5.5 billion malicious malware attacks on computer systems in 2011, an increase of more than 81 percent from the previous year, according to a new report by the computer security firm Symantec. The ...

The Federal Trade Commission wants first-hand accounts of how identity theft affects senior citizens so it can formulate enforcement agendas, policy initiatives and a consumer education campaign. Seniors are particularly ...

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has received a “tremendous number of responses” into banking overdraft practices and is extending its deadline for receiving comments from the public for another ...

Now more than ever you should be careful whom you accept as a Facebook friend. It seems debt collectors are using social media to track their targets. They can even set up a bogus profile and friend you to get your ...

The identities of nearly 2.5 million deceased Americans are stolen or otherwise improperly used to apply for credit every year, according to a study from the fraud prevention firm ID Analytics. It is believed to ...

Consumer advocates from several national groups are urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to legally fight the high sign-up costs of subprime, so-called “fee-harvester” credit cards. The response from ...