Tests Find Bias Persists in Auto Lending

A set of eight tests at auto dealers in Virginia found that just over half the time white buyers were offered better financing than non-whites even though the white buyers had worse credit scores, a consumer group reported Thursday. The National Fair Housing Alliance...

In-Home Voice Tech Beginning to Silence Mobile Use

Mobile use is beginning to suffer at the virtual hands of in-home digital voice assistants, a new study reports. According to professional services company Accenture, which surveyed 21,000 consumers in 19 countries between last October and November, 66% of people who...

Vexed Judge Orders Arrest Warrant for Former CU CEO

A vexed federal judge issued an arrest warrant for a former credit union CEO who failed to show up at his sentence hearing Monday for bank fraud and attempted brank fraud. Sean Jelen, 35, the former president/CEO of the merged $227 million Valor Federal Credit Union...