Personal finance, no surprise, is top of mind as individuals and households grapple with soaring interest rates, skyrocketing inflation, and losses in the bond and equity markets. As Quicken CEO Eric Dunn told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, banks have fallen short of the mark when it...
Amid soaring inflation and rising food and fuel prices, terms like financial literacy and spend management have emerged as some of the biggest buzzwords in recent months. The concept is simple. Healthy spending habits and financial prudence can help protect households from falling into unmanageable...
If federal lawmakers decline to extend what has been a two-year break from having to make payments on student debt, many households will have to come up with hundreds of dollars more every month. Without paying their share of the $1.7 trillion in student debt...
Sometimes people are thrifty; sometimes they splurge. We can see that when we compare this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Personal Finance apps to last month’s. Last time, things were very stable as the Top 10 competitors were ranked in the same order...
Members of the U.S. military are especially vulnerable to erroneous or unscrupulous actions by companies connected with credit ratings and debt collection, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concluded in an annual report issued Monday (June 13). The report focuses each year on the financial...
As rising inflation makes it increasingly difficult to pay bills and build savings, U.S. consumers of all types are now living paycheck to paycheck — including those at the highest income levels. In fact, slightly more than one in three consumers earning more than $250,000...
So, how’d we do this month? Did the household income outpace the outlays? Did the investments do as we hoped? As with so many other things, there are personal finance apps that can provide details on these and other matters. Similarly, PYMNTS takes stock of...
Payroll connectivity solutions platform Atomic and embedded finance company Bond Financial Technologies on Thursday (June 9) broadened their relationship with the debut of Repay, an Atomic offering that lets customers embed repayment of their financial obligations from their paychecks. Repay allows consumers to make recurring...
Truist has announced it will be acquiring Long Game, the gamified finance mobile app, a Truist press release said Tuesday (May 3). Long Game uses prize-linked savings and casual gaming to help motivate smarter financial behaviors. It’s also improves account growth and client retention for banks,...
