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Consumer Debt
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2.6KHealthcareHow Much Can Technology Improve Healthcare Payments?
Among the latest hopes for healthcare payments is blockchain. Touted by observers and industry players as one of the top trends that...
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2.3KNewsFive At Five: Why Can’t Macy’s Impress Morgan Stanley?
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day — news you might...
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2.9KDebtAmerican Consumer Debt To Hit $4 Trillion By EOY
New data shows that Americans are on pace to accumulate a collective $4 trillion in consumer debt by the end of 2018....
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2.4KLoansTwenty Percent Of Mortgage Loans Top 45 Percent Of Monthly Income
New data shows that rising home prices are translating into mortgage loan debt not seen since the housing crisis. According to The...
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3.0KBankingOverdue US Card Debt Hits 7-Year High
The U.S. consumer credit picture continues to look grim as 2018 is coming into the end of its first quarter. Despite economic...
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2.8KDebtUS Household Debt Spikes In Q4 2017
Thanks in part to a rising number of mortgage loans, the debt levels of Americans increased during the last three months of...
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2.7KSizzle/FizzleQR Codes Sizzle, Smart Parts Fizzle And Facebook Bows Out Of AI Assistants
Facebook’s M Fizzles While most of the week was dedicated to the cohort of players at The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) battling...
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2.7KInvestmentsAmid The Good (Stock Market) Cheer, Clouds Gather?
Nine years is a long time for anything to run — a TV show, your car, a bowling league — especially so the...
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3.6KDebtAmericans’ Debt Level Hits New High
America’s debt level hit another record high in the second quarter, after having surpassed its pre-crisis peak earlier in the year. According...
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3.1KConsumer FinanceConsumers Making Less Than $40K Per Year Worried About Paying Off Debt
A new survey has found that a divide is emerging over how Americans feel about their ability to pay down debt, with...
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4.0KConsumer FinanceHousehold Borrowing, Consumer Debt, Reaches Record $12.73 Trillion
With incomes in the U.S. seeing less-than-stellar growth, a lot of spending is being done with consumer debt instead of cash, which...
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4.2KConsumer FinanceBoA Says Half Of All Workers Stressed Out Over Money
Bank of America Merrill Lynch released a new study Thursday (June 1) that shows 56 percent of workers are stressed out about...
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4.9KAlternative FinancesAmericans Are Borrowing Like It’s 2008 … Sort Of
It took almost a full decade, but Americans’ debt level has reached a new all-time high, surpassing the $12.68 trillion peak it...
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3.5KDebtAs Consumers Take On More Debt, Credit Card Losses Rise
As U.S. consumers become more comfortable with carrying higher levels of debt, the biggest credit card companies reported an increase in chargeoffs...
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5.7KInnovationA Kinder, Gentler Debt Collector?
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. “I came from a poor immigrant background,” said Hanif Joshaghani, cofounder and CEO...
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3.1KConsumer Finance
US Consumer Borrowing Up
Fueled by school loans and purchases of new cars, U.S. consumers borrowed more in August than they have in almost a year,...
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3.1KConsumer Insights
Are Americans Carrying Way Too Much Debt Again?
It looks like Americans will soon be partying like it is 2008 — when it comes to borrowing anyway. According to Wall...
