credit frictions

credit frictions
OCC’s Hood Sees Value in Using Alternative Data to Expand Credit Access
March 31, 2025

On Monday (March 31), PYMNTS Intelligence reported that for impulse and emergency purchases alike, a sizable segment of consumers are slightly more likely to pay with credit than cash. Roughly a third opt to use credit cards. More than a third of impulse and unplanned expenses...

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Cross River Bank and Current Launch Credit-Building Product
August 23, 2023

Cross River Bank has partnered with FinTech platform Current to launch a new credit-building product that will benefit Current’s over 4 million members. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Why Visa Says It’s Time to Look Beyond the ‘Personal FICO’ to Underwrite Small Businesses’...
June 08, 2023

Over the past few years, consumers have steadily returned to brick-and-mortar stores and spending seems resilient, albeit slowing a bit, even with inflation stubbornly in place.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Fed’s Nod to Credit Tightening Portends Tough Times for Paycheck-to-Paycheck Economy
March 22, 2023

Another Fed meeting, another interest rate hike … and more trouble ahead for paycheck-to-paycheck consumers and small to midsize businesses (SMBs). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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BNPL And New Ways Of Financing Are Challenging Old Ways Of Calculating Creditworthiness
July 25, 2021

For decades, the FICO score has been the most influential tool in the financial services marketplace. It has stood above all others as the independent arbiter that financial institutions would universally accept as a reliable gauge of consumers’ worthiness to be granted credit, as well...

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Credit Sesame CEO: Outdated Credit Scoring Renders 44 Million Potential Borrowers Invisible
July 06, 2021

“How much cash you have and how you use your cash is really an important data point that can be used to assess someone’s creditworthiness.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...