secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DELUXE CORP (DLX)
CIK:        0000027996
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-084283
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 1.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Deluxe Corp subsidiaries settle FTC investigation; $4.9M payment expected to be indemnified
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- First American Payment Systems, Eliot Management Group, and Think Point Financial entered consent order with FTC, neither admitting nor denying allegations.
- Consent order requires $4.9 million payment to FTC within 7 days of entry, plus injunctive relief on marketing and billing practices.
- Deluxe Corporation expects full indemnification of the payment under the acquisition agreement from the 2021 merger with FAPS Holdings.
- Subsidiaries agreed to refrain from certain sale and debiting practices, maintain a compliance program, and make negative-option disclosures.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000110465922084283/0001104659-22-084283-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000110465922084283/tm2222110d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084283

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