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A 65-inch television is shown at a warehouse, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Lone Tree, Colo. Buy now, pay later loans allow users to pay for items such as new sneakers, electronics or luxury goods in installments. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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As 'buy now, pay later' plans grow, so do delinquencies
By KEN SWEET - AP Business Writer
Wed,09/14/22-5:42PM , 104 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have grown fond of “buy now, pay later” services, but the “pay later” part is becoming increasingly difficult for some borrowers.
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Visa credit cards are seen on Aug. 11, 2019, in New Orleans. Payment processor Visa Inc. said late Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

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Visa, Mastercard, AmEx to start categorizing gun shop sales
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Sat,09/10/22-5:35PM , 349 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates who say it will help better track suspicious surges of gun sales that could be a prelude to a mass shooting.
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Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, is photographed during an interview at the Bank of America Tower, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Bank of America says the revenue it gets from overdrafts has dropped 90% from a year ago, after the bank reduced overdraft fees to $10 from $35 and eliminated fees for bounced checks. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Bank of America's overdraft fees down 90% under new policy
By KEN SWEET - AP Business Writer
Wed,08/17/22-12:02PM , 181 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America says the revenue it gets from overdrafts has dropped 90% from a year ago, after the bank reduced overdraft fees to $10 from $35 and eliminated fees for bounced checks.
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Kristen Clarke, at podium, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, is joined with, from left, New Jersey First Assistant Attorney General Lyndsay Ruotolo, Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Hughes, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Rohit Chopra, CFPB Director, Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings and Jacqueline C. Romero, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania during a press conference at Malcolm X Park, Wednesday morning. July 27, 2022, West Philadelphia, Pa. Trident Mortgage Co., a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire's HomeServices of America, discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, in what they are calling the second-largest redlining settlement in history. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

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DOJ: Buffett company discriminated against Black homebuyers
By KEN SWEET - AP Business Writer
Wed,07/27/22-9:55AM , 176 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett's company discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, in what is being called the second-largest redlining settlement in history.
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