Daniel De La Hoz | Moment | Getty Images Even as companies devote more resources to cybersecurity, the number of reported data breaches involving consumers‘ personal data is on pace to surpass last year’s record. More than 471 million million victim notices were associated with data compromises in the first half of 2026, according to…
Commuters cross London Bridge with the view to Tower Bridge and the Canary Wharf district in London, UK, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks struggled to gain momentum on Wednesday, as global markets keep a close eye on elevated bond yields and a lower-than-expected U.K. inflation…
Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images There’s a line item in homebuyers’ closing costs that’s causing a clash in the mortgage industry: the fee for lenders to check borrowers’ credit. While the charges — typically in the tens or hundreds of dollars — represent a tiny slice of the amount that buyers pay when…
Wayne Johnson at the Gables of Wolf Creek, the retirement community he owns in Macon, Georgia Annie Nova | CNBC A Republican who oversaw the country’s $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio during President Donald Trump‘s first term has funded a class action effort against the administration over its current borrower policies. The proposed class…
Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Fair Isaac, the creator of the FICO score, saw shares rally more than 20% on Thursday after it unveiled a new pricing model that will allow mortgage lenders to bypass credit bureaus for credit scores. The Montana-based data analytics company said it would license its credit scores directly…
