American Banker

FTC warns payment giants against political debanking

PayPal, Stripe, Visa and Mastercard are all in the regulatory hot seat for their alleged role in so-called debanking. Processing Content The Federal Trade Commission sent letters Thursday to the four ...
USA Today

Americans lost a record $15.9 billion to scams in 2025, FTC says

The most frequent form of fraud? Someone pretending to be someone else — the FBI, the FTC, the IRS, your bank, your grandson, the new love of your life. The Federal Trade Commission says the spike in ...
The New York Times

‘Definitely a Sham’: As Tariffs Climb, Trade Fraud and Accounting Tricks Proliferate

U.S. imports from China have shrunk drastically. But billions of dollars of the change appear to be the result of accounting gimmicks and outright fraud. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson has written about ...
The Motley Fool

Pharmaceutical tariffs: Which countries does the U.S. import the most from?

U.S. had a $112 billion pharmaceutical trade deficit in 2025, priming tariff responses. Trump administration imposed up to 100% tariffs on certain drug imports. Major pharma like Merck and Eli Lilly ...