Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday she wants to implement a freeze on the country's consumption tax on ...

The City Council voted to freeze the pay increases for at least two years. The veto-proof majority tees up future pushes to ...

A credit freeze can stop new accounts, but it misses synthetic identity fraud, tax scams and takeovers. Here’s what else to ...

The Trump administration suspended $1.1 billion in California Medicaid funds over fraud claims, threatening home care for 900,000 seniors and people with disabilities.

Identity fraud is rising in the United States, but the timing does not always line up with the breach behind it. Consumers lost $27.3 billion to traditional identity fraud in 2025, according to ...

Senate Democrats introduced new legislation last week aimed at protecting federal workers from knock-on financial penalties they may incur while furloughed or working without pay during government ...

With identity theft and fraud on the rise, it's essential to monitor your credit report for signs of fraud. If you've been ...

Fraud alerts and credit freezes help protect you from identity theft, either by alerting creditors to take extra steps to ...

The federal government has officially moved to block a controversial Illinois law banning certain credit card fees, a decision that favors financial institutions but could leave state-chartered banks ...

The government is mulling the imposition of a one-year freeze on private sector residential rents, in a move that will send shivers through the build-to-rent sector. The Treasury is debating the move ...

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), its Consumer Sentinel Network received almost 6.5 million reports in 2024 — 40% of which were for fraud and 18% were for identity theft. Indeed, ...

If you’ve frozen your credit to protect yourself from identity theft, you’ll need to unfreeze it before applying for a loan, credit card, or other financial product. The good news is that unfreezing ...