Mobile Commerce and Payments

How Consumers Can Protect Themselves With the CFPB on Pause

Rules on bank and credit card fees, medical debt and payment apps are in limbo. One thing you can do is carefully check your financial statements, one expert says.

By Ann Carrns

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Did You Sell Concert Tickets or Clothes? You May Owe Taxes

If you received more than $5,000 for online sales of “goods or services” in 2024, you might get a Form 1099-K. Don’t ignore it, an expert says.

By Ann Carrns

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Elon Musk’s Attacks on CFPB Remove Obstacle to Building ‘X Money’

Former officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Elon Musk’s payment-business aspirations were driving his efforts to hobble the agency.

By Stacy Cowley Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Kate Conger

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Capital One Customers Complain of Being Locked Out of Accounts

The company said a technical issue with a third-party vendor was to blame for a disruption with deposits and payment processing that stretched into the weekend.

By Lauren McCarthy