At the latest hearing focused on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, things got heated even before Director Rohit Chopra uttered a word. At the Wednesday...
Brazil’s consumers and merchants have found themselves sinking deeper and deeper into debt. As Bloomberg News reported Sunday (May 28), 4 in 10 adults in Brazil...
Mortgage originations dropped and debt delinquencies rose during the first quarter. These trends happened as total household debt rose $148 billion, or 0.9%, in the...
Depending on the month, the roster of those of us living paycheck to paycheck is up a bit or down a bit. But through the...
Inflation is making paying for basics of everyday life — food especially — harder to swallow. Earlier this week, PYMNTS reported that the cost of essentials...
The Bank of Mom & Dad (BOMD) isn’t just a sitcom line. One analysis found that parents lent their kids a collective $47 billion in...
Contrary to conventional wisdom, having good credit, an excellent FICO score, and financial stability may still not be enough for many consumers to take out...
The pandemic is ebbing, and the U.S. economy is — in lumpy fashion, to be sure — reigniting. That means forbearance programs are due for...
No two recessions are exactly alike. But this time around, with the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel as vaccines are rolling out,...