The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the U.K.’s financial watchdog, has found that some lenders are inflicting their credit card customers with an “unacceptable” number of...
Credit card debt in the U.S. reached $870 billion at the end of last year, setting a record. Bloomberg, citing data from the Federal Reserve,...
Of the scores of innovations and updates to consumer lending seen and written about over the last decade or so, speed is always offered as...
When it comes to managing personal finances, consumers are seemingly taking one step forward and three steps back. For one thing, the portion of consumers...
A new report has found that as debt rates have climbed to pre-recession levels, minority consumers are struggling to reach financial parity. A report from...
Affirm, a company founded by entrepreneur Max Levchin to provide fair alternative credit, has launched a new free saving account that offers a 2 percent...
As 2018 came to a close, unemployment was at historic lows — thanks in part to growth in the gig economy. In Q3 2018, the...
Nearly all American millennials plan on making a financial resolution in 2019, with some of the biggest goals being to save more money, budget more...
What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, consumer confidence had slipped to an all-time low, and consumer spending followed it down the rabbit...