consumer credit

Unexpected Life Events Throw Many Consumers Into Credit Insecurity
Unexpected Life Events Throw Many Consumers Into Credit Insecurity
May 15, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Bank charge-off rates indicate possible trouble on the horizon as consumers increasingly miss monthly payments.  It can take just a single life event to turn...

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Hometap Launches Home Equity Dashboard to Power Homeowners’ Financial Decisions
Hometap Launches Home Equity Dashboard to Power Homeowners’ Financial Decisions
May 10, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Hometap has launched a digital platform designed to help homeowners make more informed financial decisions about their home. The new Home Equity Dashboard allows homeowners...

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Truv Acquires Credegraph to Expand Lending Verification Offerings
Truv Acquires Credegraph to Expand Lending Verification Offerings
May 09, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Truv has acquired Credegraph to expand its lending verification offerings. The acquisition adds Credegraph’s credit decisioning platform to Truv’s consumer-permissioned data platform, the companies said...

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Banks’ Auto Loan Delinquency Data Hints at Rocky Road Ahead
Banks’ Auto Loan Delinquency Data Hints at Rocky Road Ahead
May 03, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

For U.S. consumers, the juggling act of which bills to pay — and when — is real. To that end, the loan data from bank...

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Consumers May Pull In Spending as Outlook for Credit Access Dims
Consumers May Pull In Spending as Outlook for Credit Access Dims
April 10, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Credit is harder to come by. And that means a lifeline for consumers — and the businesses reliant upon them — is not as dependable...

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Synchrony Core Purchase Volumes Grow 11% as Charge-Offs Also Increase 
Synchrony Core Purchase Volumes Grow 11% as Charge-Offs Also Increase 
January 23, 2023  |  Earnings

For Synchrony Financial, consumer spending volumes remain robust, receivables increased — and loans past due are on the rise. As the largest provider of private...

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Wells Fargo: Credit Card Revenues up 6% as Consumer Spending Remains Resilient 
Wells Fargo: Credit Card Revenues up 6% as Consumer Spending Remains Resilient 
January 13, 2023  |  Earnings

The $3.7 billion settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) hit Wells Fargo’s profits. But the bank’s management was sanguine Friday (Jan. 13) on digital...

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2023 Looms as BNPL’s Banner Year as Consumers Seek Payments Choice
2023 Looms as BNPL’s Banner Year as Consumers Seek Payments Choice
January 13, 2023  |  Buy Now Pay Later

The surging popularity of buy now, pay later has bucked conventional wisdom about installment lending. “At the beginning of the BNPL boom, we heard all...

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Lendable Valued at $4.5B Following $275M Fundraise
Lendable Valued at $4.5B Following $275M Fundraise
March 10, 2022  |  Investments

Consumer finance platform Lendable has raised $275 million in a funding round that valued the U.K. firm at $4.5 billion, the company said in a...

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