consumer finance

Pagaya Secures $280 Million Credit Facility for AI-Driven Consumer Finance Products
Pagaya Secures $280 Million Credit Facility for AI-Driven Consumer Finance Products
February 07, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Pagaya Technologies has secured a credit facility worth $280 million from top global asset managers and financial institutions. This facility, consisting of a $255 million term...

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Nearly Half of Credit Users Expect Higher Interest Rates in 2024
Nearly Half of Credit Users Expect Higher Interest Rates in 2024
February 03, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

It seems United States consumers expect little reprieve from inflation-fueled rising prices of goods and services moving into 2024. Although consumers report feeling somewhat better...

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Just One-Tenth of Savings Are Stored in Financial Assets
Just One-Tenth of Savings Are Stored in Financial Assets
January 30, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

In times of economic turbulence such as these, investing in interest-bearing financial assets is one way to mitigate the effects of inflation. Although U.S. consumers...

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Chase Teams With CarGurus’ for Online Auto Financing
Chase Teams With CarGurus’ for Online Auto Financing
January 29, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Chase has joined CarGurus’ multilender financing platform, expanding options for consumers looking to prequalify for auto financing online. The bank joins Capital One, Global Lending Services and Westlake Financial as a participating lender...

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Versatile Credit Chooses Fiserv Vet Max Rieck as CFO
Versatile Credit Chooses Fiserv Vet Max Rieck as CFO
January 15, 2024  |  Personnel

Embedded lending platform Versatile Credit has named a new finance chief and new engineering head. Max Rieck, a veteran of companies such as Fiserv and Pineapple Payments, is joining Versatile...

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Credit Card Delinquencies Near Highest Level Since 2012
Credit Card Delinquencies Near Highest Level Since 2012
January 11, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Credit card balances and delinquencies have been rising as consumer spending remains strong, but government support drops from pandemic levels. During the third quarter, large...

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Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Show Strain as Revolving Credit Balances Spike 17.7%
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Show Strain as Revolving Credit Balances Spike 17.7%
January 08, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers loaded up on debt even before the holidays and into Black Friday — and those of us living paycheck to paycheck may feel the...

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Consumers’ Total Outstanding Credit Leaps $23.7 Billion in November
Consumers’ Total Outstanding Credit Leaps $23.7 Billion in November
January 08, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers’ total outstanding credit leapt by $23.7 billion in November after growing by $5.8 billion the previous month. Revolving credit accounted for $19.1 billion of...

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Personal Loan Delinquencies Jump in Nov., Presaging Holiday ‘Hangover’
Personal Loan Delinquencies Jump in Nov., Presaging Holiday ‘Hangover’
January 07, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Americans ended 2023 dealing with increasing financial strain, relying more on personal loans. That’s according to a recent report by VantageScore, which warns that increased...

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