consumer finance

NEW DATA: Examining The Pandemic’s $158 Billion Digital Shift
NEW DATA: Examining The Pandemic’s $158 Billion Digital Shift
May 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended millions of consumers’ lives, be it through health complications, job loss, stay-at-home orders or a more general anxiety about what...

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NEW DATA: 60 Percent Of US Consumers Now Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck
NEW DATA: 60 Percent Of US Consumers Now Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck
April 09, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented wave of business closures, placing millions out of work with no telling when they will be back to...

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NEW REPORT: How COVID-19 Changed Daily Life For 85 Percent Of US Consumers
NEW REPORT: How COVID-19 Changed Daily Life For 85 Percent Of US Consumers
March 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The United States has reached a tipping point on COVID-19, with federal state and local governments implementing new restrictions on where consumers can travel, how...

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Will New CFPB Rules Finally Be Able To Put Zombie Debt To Rest?
Will New CFPB Rules Finally Be Able To Put Zombie Debt To Rest?
March 03, 2020  |  Debt

The phenomenon of zombie debt is not new to the U.S. economy — nor are consumer complaints about collection agencies that use aggressive tactics in...

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Revolut Starts Open Banking Service For UK Customers
Revolut Starts Open Banking Service For UK Customers
February 11, 2020  |  Banking

Revolut has announced a new Open Banking feature that will allow customers to access all their bank accounts on a single app. The move will...

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Waters Tells CFPB Head To Do Better
Waters Tells CFPB Head To Do Better
February 06, 2020  |  CFPB

The chairwoman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Maxine Waters, told the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Kathy Kraninger, that...

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FICO’s New Scoring Algorithm Promises Big Swings In Consumer Scores
FICO’s New Scoring Algorithm Promises Big Swings In Consumer Scores
January 23, 2020  |  Consumer Finance

Might the rising tide of debt slow to a trickle? If so, the U.S. consumer will likely find harder times ahead, if the credit spigot...

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Personal Loan Growth Hints At Strategy Vs Credit Card Debt
Personal Loan Growth Hints At Strategy Vs Credit Card Debt
November 26, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

Call it a case of six of one, half dozen of the other. Call it a case of financial alchemy. Call it maybe — just...

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