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| 30.07.2026 | Energy Costs Squeezed Lower-Income Families Out of Q2 GDP While AI Propped Investment | By Mark Rutherford
Published: Jul 30 2026, 10:47 AM EDT
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| 01.05.2026 | K-shaped economy is ‘alive and well,’ expert says — what new research shows | A new report by TransUnion found that as credit conditions improve for wealthier consumers, others are struggling in the face of higher costs and rising debt burdens.
Since 2023, the economy has become increasingly bifurcated, according to ... |
| 30.03.2026 | Nearly 1 in 3 car buyers are underwater on trade-ins — analyst calls dollar amount ‘troubling’ | The average amount owed on trade-ins with negative equity reached $7,214 in the fourth quarter of 2025, an all-time high, according to Edmunds.
The average price of a new car is $49,353, which is 30.3% higher than in February 2020, when tha... |
| 09.03.2026 | Tax refunds are larger this year. Make yours a stepping stone for your future | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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Tax refunds are the biggest windfall of the year for many American households. And ‘tis the season: Through the week ending Feb. 13, nearly 13 million people had receiv... |
| 21.01.2026 | Agentic risk and compliance automation startup RiskFront raises $3.3M to hunt down financial fraudsters
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| 23.12.2025 | Consumers are taking on more debt this holiday, even as they grow less confident in the economy | Amid higher prices, more than one-third of holiday shoppers racked up debt this season, averaging $1,223, according to a recent survey.
Although consumers are increasingly worried about their financial standing, holiday spending is expected... |
| 13.11.2025 | What the Visa, Mastercard legal settlement means for your rewards credit card | A Visa and MasterCard settlement with merchants announced earlier this week is the latest development in a two-decade-old battle over the fees that banks and credit card companies charge to process payments.
Under the proposed legal settlem... |
| 05.11.2025 | Rising household debt balances point to worsening ‘K-shaped’ economic divide | Collectively, Americans owe $1.23 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
However, despite the overall uptick, there is a growing divide among consumers, other reports show.
Some ... |
| 04.11.2025 | This factor can be a 'kiss of death' on your credit report, says consumer advocate | Rent payments have become a consideration on a growing number of American credit reports.
The share of consumers whose rent payments were reported to credit bureaus rose to 13% in 2025, up from 11% in 2024, according to a recent report from... |
| 31.10.2025 | Republican who oversaw student debt launches class action effort against Trump administration | Education Secretary Linda McMahon and the largest credit rating companies are wrongfully damaging millions of student loan borrowers’ finances, a new proposed class action lawsuit says.
The Trump administration has reported borrowers as lat... |
| 15.09.2025 | More consumers are using rent payments to boost their credit score. Here’s what to know | The share of consumers whose rent payments are reported to credit bureaus rose to 13% in 2025, up from 11% in 2024, according to a new survey by TransUnion, one of the three major bureaus.
“It’s a good thing that more people’s rent payments... |
| 14.08.2025 | US Auto Loan Borrowers Might Save with Refinancing : TransUnion Analysis | In a financial ecosystem where every dollar counts, a new analysis from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) offers a bit of hope for American auto loan borrowers.
According to the study, approximately 18 million of the nearly 80 million open auto loans ... |
| 04.07.2025 | 5 Practical Ways to Make Financial Tech Work for You | Created by Carl Williams
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| 26.06.2025 | Student loan borrowers face ‘default cliff’ as late payments climb, report finds | As the U.S. Department of Education ramps up collection efforts on past-due federal student loans, a default wave is coming, new reports show.
Of the 5.8 million newly delinquent borrowers, nearly one-third could reach default status in Jul... |
| 13.05.2025 | As student loan default rate spikes, some borrowers face ‘grave consequences,’ New York Fed says | The delinquency rate for student loan balances spiked after a nearly five-year pause due to the pandemic, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Now, millions of borrowers face steep declines in their credit st... |
| 05.05.2025 | Student loan default has ‘dramatic and immediate’ credit score impact, expert says — with drop of up to 175 points | As the U.S. Department of Education restarts collections on federal student loans that are in default, some student loan borrowers are seeing an instant hit to their credit scores, according to a new report by TransUnion.
Borrowers who had ... |
| 18.04.2025 | 4 in 10 Americans with credit card debt get this wrong—it will ‘keep you in debt much longer,’ expert says | Credit card debt is at an all-time high. American consumers carry a combined balance of $1.2 trillion, according to a recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
A key reason balances keep growing may have less to do with spend... |
| 07.03.2025 | The Ripple Effect of Rent on Credit Scores: What Every Renter Should Know | Renting a home is like walking a tightrope. One misstep can send you tumbling into a pit of financial woes. Rent payments, often seen as just another monthly obligation, can significantly impact your credit score. Understanding this connect... |
| 02.03.2025 | Here’s how rent can make or break your credit, experts say | Rent reporting services provide tenants the opportunity to grow their credit history through monthly payments.
However, landlords could also report late or unfulfilled payments to debt collectors.
Here’s what tenants need to know about how ... |
| 16.01.2025 | Over Half of Debt Collection Firms Saw Increased Volume of Accounts in Past Year – Report | Listen to this article
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| 09.01.2025 | TransUnion to Acquire Financial Technology Firm Monevo | Listen to this article
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| 14.11.2024 | Машинное обучение в оценке кредитных рисков: как ML меняет правила игры? | Современные скоринговые системы — это не просто статистика и математические модели, а мощные инструменты анализа рисков, которые могут определять не только кредитоспособность клиентов, но и выявлять угрозы для бизнеса на ранних стадиях.
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| 07.04.2024 | Fraudulent Activities: Majority of Property Managers Experienced Fraud in Past 2 Years – Report | Six out of 10 or 60% of property managers reportedly experienced fraud during the last two years, according to the latest TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) research which finds outdated risk assessment methods leading to alarming levels of late detect... |
| 25.03.2024 | Fraudulent Activities: Nearly 1 in 7 Newly Created Accounts Suspected to be Digital Fraud – Report | Largely driven by bad actors using fabricated or stolen identities, the newly released TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) 2024 State of Omnichannel Fraud Report, based on proprietary insights from TransUnion’s global intelligence network, found that ne... |
| 24.10.2023 | Insurance companies are betting on AI and mass data analytics in a battle against fraud that costs billions | Tech Insurance companies are betting on AI and mass data analytics in a battle against fraud that costs billions
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| 26.09.2023 | Business | Student loans are back. Time to consolidate credit card debt? | The federal student loan payment pause that began in March 2020 is ending. Loans began accruing interest on Sept. 1, and borrowers will start making payments in October.
But the restart comes at a tricky time for Americans’ finances. Credit... |
| 26.08.2023 | Synthetic Identity Fraud Growing to “Record Levels,” New Report Reveals | U.S. lender exposure to synthetic identities is nearly $3 billion; Auto loans reach $1.8 billion representing more than 60% of total exposure to synthetic identities, according to an update from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU).
As origination volume... |
| 30.06.2023 | Business
Business | Bankrate: Why is it harder to get a car loan in 2023? | Rebecca Betterton | Bankrate.com (TNS)
When the time comes to purchase your next vehicle, you want to focus on finding your dream car, not fighting for affordable financing. But since the pandemic’s early days, the car market has shifted. I... |
| 14.06.2023 | TransUnion Report: 37% Increase in Number of Property Managers Reporting Rent Payments in Past Year | More than one-third (36%) of property managers who are “aware of the practice of reporting rent payments to credit reporting agencies do so.”
The finding comes from new research from the Tenant and Employment business at TransUnion (NYSE: T... |
| 01.06.2023 | Five ways enterprises can stop synthetic identity fraud with AI | Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More
On pace to defraud financial and commerce systems by nearly $5 billion by 2024, synthetic identity... |
| 25.05.2023 | Afraid Of Losing It All In A Recession? Take These Steps To Prepare | Economic Uncertainty sign against a stormy background with lightning and copy space. Dirty and ... [+] angled sign adds to the drama.getty |
| 12.05.2023 | TransUnion Report: Consumers Increasingly Turning to Credit, Unsecured Loans to Manage Household Budgets | The newly released Q1 2023 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) shows that in this current economic climate in which inflation remains at elevated levels and interest rates have risen sharply, consume... |
| 02.05.2023 | 3 credit repair strategies that personal finance experts say are often overlooked | Dispute inaccurate items on your credit report to raise your credit score. Kittiphan Teerawattanakul/Getty Images
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| 19.04.2023 | What is credit invisibility? | A consumer's bad experience with borrowed money can cause them to distrust financial institutions, perpetuating credit invisibility. Thomas Jackson/Getty
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| 31.03.2023 | TransUnion and NAACP launch website to bring credit education to underserved communities | 45 million Americans are considered credit underserved or unserved. Marko Geber/Getty
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| 01.03.2023 | Why homeowners are rushing to turn their record amounts of equity into fast cash | US homeowners are sitting on roughly $29.6 trillion in home equity. Getty Images
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| 19.02.2023 | Bad credit would cost Americans as much as $93 billion to borrow money this year | The first step in building good credit is knowing your credit score. Oscar Wong/Getty
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| 17.11.2022 | Your Data is on Someone’s Wishlist — Drip7 Shares How to Avoid The Grinches and Have A More Secure Holiday Season | Holiday cyber attacks are starting — stay aware. “When you make learning fun, you make learning that’s remembered and shared... When you do this with something important, like staying safe online, you empower employees to take that knowledg... |
| 14.07.2022 | Exclusive: Former Ripple executives raise $6M for new NFT financing, lending startup Supermojo | This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune’s weekly newsletter covering financial technology and cryptocurrency. Sign up here to receive future editions.
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| 08.06.2022 | Gen Z and millennials are feeling optimistic about their finances — Gen X and boomers, not so much | Millennials and Gen Z are feeling the most optimistic about their household finances in the next 12 months, according to results from TransUnion. Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images
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| 30.05.2022 | More Drivers Accept Monitoring, To Get Safe-Driver Discounts On Auto Insurance | A TransUnion survey suggests drivers looking for a safe-driver discount are more receptive to driver ... [+] monitoring, for risky driving habits. AFP via Getty Images |
| 31.03.2022 | How Rent Reporting Benefits Rental Businesses And Tips To Get Started | Real estate investor and Founder of TurboTenant: rent reporting, tenant screening, online rental application, rent payments, and more. |
| 18.03.2022 | Most medical debt will be dropped from consumers' credit reports | Medical bills have become a source of major financial trouble for millions of Americans, amounting to the largest source of personal debt in the U.S. Now, the top three credit reporting agencies plan to drop most medical debt from consumers... |
| 27.01.2022 | Fair Isaac : Top 5 Scores Topics of 2021 | In 2021, the financial services world continued to grapple with the uncertainty brought on by year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the continued concerns, we were encouraged to see the growth of the average U.S. FICO® Score, as stated... |
| 26.10.2021 | CLEARLAKE CAPITAL BACKED NTHRIVE TO ACQUIRE TRANSUNION'S HEALTHCARE BUSINESS | nThrive, Inc. ("nThrive"),a leading healthcare revenue cycle management ("RCM") software-as-a-service ("SaaS") platform backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with certain affiliates, "Clearlake... |
| 14.09.2021 | Neustar to be acquired by TransUnion | CHICAGO TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Neustar, a premier identity resolution company with leading solutions in Marketing, Fraud and Communications, from a private investment group led by Golden Gate C... |
| 28.06.2021 | Millions Deferred Auto Loan Payments During COVID Shutdowns; Most Landed On Their Feet | Most people who signed up to postpone their monthly auto payments because of COVID shutdowns have ... [+] kept up with their payments, TransUnion says. getty |
| 06.01.2021 | 66% of Americans fear they won’t be able to afford health care this year | With millions of Americans still unemployed and the Covid-19 pandemic showing no signs of slowing, many are uncertain if they’ll be able to pay for all their health-care needs in 2021.
About 66% of Americans report they are very, somewhat o... |
| 22.12.2020 | 2020 Silver Lining: We’re Driving So Much Less, Many Got Insurance Refunds, TransUnion Says | A crash test dummy sits inside a Toyota Coralla. AFP via Getty Images |
| 03.12.2020 | TransUnion : Survey Finds More Consumers Shifting to Streaming Platforms; Migration Expected to Continue in 2021 | Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, seven in 10 U.S. consumers (71%) say they have increased their use of paid streaming services. The findings come from a new TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) survey administered in November - a follow up to a ... |
| 11.11.2020 | Late-Payment Numbers Are Low For Auto Loans, Good News For New Borrowers | New cars, wrapped for shipping, in a lot near the Port of Richmond, Calif.Getty Images |
| 07.10.2020 | 9 data security trends IT departments should expect in 2021 | Image: iStockphoto/Metamorworks
In the age of COVID-19, remote work is here—and here to stay, according to Gartner. Aside from fundamentally shifting the environment in which employees and managers interact, remote work has other less obvio... |
| 29.09.2020 | How Retailers Can Adapt To Pandemic-Driven Trends Ahead Of The Holidays | By Jacob Silverman |
| 24.07.2020 | Back to the future: Digital health-led decentralization of healthcare delivery | |
| 22.07.2020 | Phishing is the leading type of COVID-19 fraud | Image: GrafVishenka, Getty Images/iStockPhotos
Credit agency TransUnion has found that COVID-19 related scams have targeted 32% of people around the world, and phishing is the method of choice, accounting for 27% of those attacks.
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| 17.07.2020 | Facing The Growing Costs Associated With Rent | Ellen Calmas is Co-Founder/EVP at Boston-based Neighborhood Pay Services, creator of the NPS Rent Assurance Rent From Payroll platform. |
| 14.07.2020 | eConsult Platform AristaMD Raises Additional $6M to Close $24M Series B Round | What You Should Know:
– AristaMD, a digital health company that provides a platform to connect primary care providers with timely and documented specialist insights through eConsults, has secured an additional $6M in investments to top off ... |
| 22.06.2020 | Cedar Closes $102M Series C Led By Andreessen Horowitz To Improve Patient Financial Engagement | 29 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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| 21.05.2020 | Americans fell behind on nearly 18 million credit-card and auto-loan payments last month | The proportion of credit-card accounts entering "financial hardship" programs surged in April by 3.2%, to 14.7 million, credit-reporting agency TransUnion said Wednesday.
Auto loans notched a similar uptick, with 3.5%, or nearly t... |
| 01.04.2020 | Coronavirus adds fuel to the Digital Dollar debate | This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune’s weekly newsletter covering financial technology and cryptocurrency. Sign up here to receive future editions.
Should banking have a public infrastructure option?
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| 25.03.2020 | Coronavirus-related digital fraud: 22% of Americans targeted | Social distancing has affected consumer shopping patterns, and a TransUnion survey found that 22% of Americans said they’ve been targeted by digital fraud related to COVID-19. The report also found a 23% increase in global e-commerce transa... |
| 10.03.2020 | Bank-Fintech Partnerships Drive Financial Inclusion For Non-Prime Borrowers | Photo:Getty |
| 03.02.2020 | A Matter of Trust: 3 Tips for Outsourcing Out-of-Pocket Support | Sue Czubala, Chief Client Success Officer, AccessOne
The cost of family health coverage topped $20,000 this year—as much as an economy car. As consumers shoulder higher out-of-pocket costs than ever, health systems are bracing for the impac... |
| 04.11.2019 | Goldman Sachs leads $50M round for credit card platform Deserve | Deserve, a credit card startup helping young people establish themselves, as well as a cloud-based credit card platform for businesses, has raised $50 million in a new round of Series C funding led by Goldman Sachs, the company announced to... |
| 20.06.2019 | Credit Card Issuers Ramp Up Tech Innovation | In the age of mobile wallets, peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps, and cryptocurrencies, credit cards are transforming to keep up with the changing landscape.
The rise of fintech and digital platforms have ushered a new era in the payments sect... |
| 06.04.2019 | How the gig economy stands to change healthcare | Studies have shown that 63 percent of “gig workers” chose this untraditional path willingly, lured by the freedom to choose their own projects and set their own schedules. But the rising trend of gig workers also establishes a large pool of... |
| 21.03.2019 | American auto delinquencies are piling up, revealing the pains of the millions left behind by the US economic recovery | Joern Pollex/Getty Images
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| 03.12.2018 | Cleveland startup wanting to inject tech in patient billing closes seed funding round | In fact, according to a report from TransUnion Healthcare, 73 percent of provider report that it takes one month or longer to collect from patients.
With patient demands around a better consumer experience and more cost being shifted to pat... |
| 28.08.2018 | Homeownering makes home equity its mission | As the managing director of a big analytics company, Nicole Hamilton was more than equipped to understand how to refinance her home, but even she found the process confusing.
“I figured if I couldn't understand what the loan officer was tel... |
| 29.06.2018 | HELOC use is on the rise | For most homeowners, a good portion of their money is tied up in their house. But a sizable number are no longer content to sit on that nest egg and watch it grow. They want cash – now – and they’re tapping their home equity to get it.
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| 21.04.2017 | As auto sales cool, there are great deals to be had — and worries of a lending bubble | Heather Milne Barger and her husband knew it was about time to replace their 12-year-old Honda Civic hybrid this year — not only because it was showing its age, but because they knew there were bargains to be had.
“There were a lot of deals... |
| 25.02.2017 | 4 credit card trends for 2017 and what they mean for you | In 2016, high-end credit cards attracted a lot of attention with generous rewards and perks. But this year, issuers are going back to basics — and perhaps charging you more in the process. Here are four credit card industry trends taking sh... |
| 18.06.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 6/18/16 | Microsoft bought LinkedIn; Pinterest acquired Fleksy; Bed Bath and Beyond purchased One Kings Lane
Microsoft acquired LinkedIn. The purchase price was for $196 per share, or 45 percent above LinkedIn's price before the deal was announced, a... |
| 12.12.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 12/12/15 | Vevo bought Showyou; GrubHub acquired Delivered Dish; Alibaba purchased the South China Morning Post
Consilio, a provider of eDiscovery and Document Review Services, entered ina a definitive agreement to acquire the Huron Legal practice of ... |
| 10.12.2015 | TransUnion Buys Trustev In $44M Deal To Beef Up In E-Commerce Fraud Protection | Fraud continues to be a huge issue for consumers and brands doing business online, and today one of the bigger companies managing credit reports and fraud and ID management is scaling up to expand its capabilities specifically in the area o... |
| - | 28% of credit card users are still paying off last year’s holiday debt. But that’s an improvement | Heading into the peak holiday season, some shoppers are still paying off the gifts they purchased in 2023.
Still, Americans, overall, are doing better when it comes to managing their credit card debt compared with previous years.
Recent wag... |
| - | Report: Budget constraints hamper data strategy for providers, payers | Both providers and payers cite budget limitations as the biggest data challenge they experience, according to a new survey.
Conducted by credit reporting agency TransUnion late last year, the survey polled 100 leaders at payer organizations... |
| - | This loan calculator shows how quickly you can get out of debt | Americans’ credit card debt spiked last year as consumers tried to stay afloat amid high inflation and rising interest rates.
Total credit card debt in the U.S. surged to a record $930 billion at the end of 2022, according to TransUnion’s l... |
| - | Millennials say they plan to spend big this holiday season — ‘I see a lot of optimism,’ expert says | Americans tend to overspend during the holiday shopping season, and this year will be no different, according to forecasts.
Millennials, many of whom are now parents of school-age children, are leading the charge, a new survey says.
However... |
| - | Credit card debt hits record $1.17 trillion, New York Fed research shows | Collectively, Americans owe a record $1.17 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Still, credit card delinquency rates improved in the most recent quarter, suggesting that “risin... |
| - | Americans have an average of $6,300 in credit card debt: Here’s how much you’d pay monthly to clear it in 1, 2 or 3 years | The average American has thousands of dollars of credit card debt.
As a whole, Americans hold a record $1.14 trillion in credit card debt as of the second quarter of this year, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s August repo... |
| - | The cost of cheaper: Why lower score fees could raise mortgage costs | The debate over FICO versus VantageScore has followed a familiar script: A headline price gets amplified into a savings narrative, that narrative becomes policy and then the secondary market quietly starts doing the math the advocates forgo... |
| - | US credit card debt stands at a record of nearly $1 trillion. 5 moves to pay down your balance | Total credit card debt stood at $986 billion in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Usually, balances fall in the beginning of the year as borrowers start paying down debt after the peak holiday sho... |
| - | Millennials reimagine retirement: ‘The end game might not be ... sitting on my Adirondack chair’ | More than one-third, or 37%, of Americans want a retirement that looks different from previous generations, a recent report found.
Younger generations are increasingly shunning retirement stereotypes of the past, where stability and relaxat... |
| - | RFK Jr. had up to $1.2 million in credit card debt — what experts say about tackling high balances | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is in the running to serve as Health and Human Services secretary, revealed he was carrying up to $1.2 million in credit card debt in recent financial disclosures.
While experts say it’s a “massive” balance, the p... |
| - | Homebuyers desperate to get a mortgage are lining up for the same risky bet that helped cause the 2008 housing crash | Oscar Wong/ Getty Images
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Adjustable-rate mortgages are making a comeback despite their role in the 2008 housing crash.
LendingTree says the number of ARMs offered to borrowers has more than tripled since 2021.
The share of ARMs o... |
| - | Americans owe nearly $1 trillion in credit card debt—here’s the breakdown by age | Americans now hold a record amount of credit card debt — nearly $988 billion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank’s latest data.
“As inflation rose to near 40-year high levels, many consumers have used credit to help manage their budgets,... |
| - | Paying rent usually won’t boost your credit score. Here’s what renters need to know to make it count | While rent payments do not traditionally affect your credit, so-called rent-reporting services are changing that.
This week, real estate site Zillow Group launched its new rent payment reporting feature.
To reap the full benefit, make sure ... |
| - | Net worth of millennials has quadrupled: Why some call it ‘phantom wealth’ | By many measures, millennials are doing remarkably well.
Still, very few millennials would consider themselves wealthy.
The disconnect between being rich on paper and feeling well off has been referred to as “phantom wealth.”
Millennials ha... |
| - | Plaid introduces LendScore for real-time credit risk assessment | Plaid on Wednesday introduced LendScore, a new credit risk model that uses real-time cash flow data and account connection insights to give unsecured personal lenders a more complete view of a borrower’s financial situation.
The launch come... |
| - | Cleveland startup wanting to inject tech in patient billing closes seed funding round | MedPilot, a Cleveland, Ohio-based startup trying to make it easier for healthcare organizations to connect with patients for billing and financial matters has completed a $1.7 million seed funding round from investors including Hudson River... |
| - | Nearly 2 in 5 cardholders have maxed out a credit card or come close, report finds | Nearly 2 in 5 cardholders have maxed out or come close to maxing out a credit card, according to a new report.
The growing share of maxed-out borrowers is also an indication of where delinquencies are headed.
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Payment behaviors are expected to shift over the holidays due to consumers’ financial concerns | The news: Many consumers kicked off their holiday spending this weekend, but economic uncertainty and inflationary pressures will shift what they’re spending on and how, per a November survey from PYMNTS and i2c.
Spending on gifts is expect... |
| - | TransUnion anuncia aquisição da brasileira ZipCode; termos do acordo não são divulgados | A TransUnion, empresa global que lida com informações e análises de crédito, anunciou a compra da brasileira ZipCode, sem revelar os valores envolvidos no acordo. Essa é a segunda aquisição da companhia no Brasil no último ano –em 2012, a T... |
| - | Holiday shopping fuels the return of credit card debt | After paying off a record $83 billion in credit card debt in 2020, Americans are on track to end this year back in the red.
Credit card balances are expected to continue to rise in 2022, according to one forecast. |
| - | Credit card users can save over $400 a year by switching issuers, CFPB says | Large credit card issuers had interest rates exceeding those of small banks and credit unions by about 8 to 10 percentage points in 2023, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Consumers with a $5,000 balance would save abou... |
| - | Here’s how much money Americans say they need to feel ‘financially comfortable’ | For Americans to feel “financially comfortable,” 1 in 5 say they’d need $1 million, according to the CNBC Your Money Financial Confidence Survey, conducted in partnership with Momentive.
The description “financially comfortable” is subjecti... |
| - | Trump’s 10% credit card interest cap could hurt borrowers, experts say: ‘Access to credit would dry up’ | Former President Donald Trump’s call to curb credit card interest rates to 10% may have unintended consequences, financial experts and consumer advocates say.
“Access to credit would dry up,” said Ted Rossman, a senior industry analyst at B... |
| - | 1 in 3 Americans overspent during the holidays, boosting credit card balances | Americans went all out this holiday, spending much more than the year before and, in some cases, more than they could afford.
Roughly one-third of shoppers went more than $1,000 into debt, according to a report. |
