The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has disrupted a long-running online scam that allowed offshore fraudsters to steal millions of dollars from U.S. consumers -- often by taking just pennies at a time.

Federal Trade Commission in 2009, but the number of Americans ticked off about their credit showed the sharpest increase. The FTC's annual list is based on information from the Consumer Sentine...

Identity theft again topped the list of consumer complaints made to the Federal Trade Commission in 2009, but the number of Americans ticked off about their credit showed the sharpest increase.

For mortgage applicants and home purchasers, it's been a six-year wait, but the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve finally have come out with important consumer credit protection rules first required by Congress in 2003.

Rules finalized by the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve will require lenders to alert loan applicants when a problem with their credit files might trigger excessive costs. For mortgage applicants and home buyers, it's been a six-year wait, but the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve finally have come out with consumer credit protection rules first required by ...