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PURCHASE, N.Y.—Mastercard and the Japanese technology group NEC are reportedly planning to launch a store checkout system using facial recognition, starting with trials next year in potential markets like Singapore, Indonesia and elsewhere in Asia.

WASHINGTON— The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said it has taken action against a medical debt collector, Commonwealth Financial Systems, for what it said was illegally trying to collect unverified medical debts after consumers disputed the validity of the debts.