Sean P. Murphy

A customer gets the $202 he was owed on a TV purchase, how to check if you’re the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, and be careful when ordering ballet tickets.

Under the first Trump administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau significantly slowed its enforcement activities. It’s likely to happen again.

Eversource was approved by state regulators on Thursday for rate increases of 25 percent to 30 percent, while National Grid got approved to hike its rate by 11 percent to 13 percent.

Energy is expensive, especially in New England, which is dependent on natural gas — both to directly heat many homes and to generate the electricity used to heat others.

The cost of insurance has increased by almost 38 percent since the beginning of 2022, more than double the overall rate of consumer inflation.

Franklin Credit has agreed to write off millions in a settlement that faults the company’s yearslong lack of communication with borrowers.

You’re eligible for the program, which begins accepting applications on Nov. 1, if you owe income or other taxes — or if you failed to file a return at all.

Linda Weatherbee's experience is a reminder that while automatic payments from your credit card for ongoing services are a nice convenience, they require close monitoring.

The practice gives fraudsters easy access to a key piece of personal information they can use in their scams, officials say.

A Bedford woman learned some hard lessons after scammers, apparently impersonating a family member, got T-Mobile to move her late sister’s number to a phone controlled by the scammers.