consumer finance

CFPB Requests Retail Credit Cards Offer More Transparent Promotions

CFPB Requests Retail Credit Cards Offer More Transparent Promotions
CFPB Requests Retail Credit Cards Offer More Transparent Promotions
June 09, 2017  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced in a press release that it sent letters to top retail credit card companies encouraging them to use...

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CFPB: Consumer Finance Background Impacts How People Establish Credit Histories
CFPB: Consumer Finance Background Impacts How People Establish Credit Histories
June 08, 2017  |  Consumer Finance

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a study Wednesday (June 7) that shows the way consumers establish their credit history can differ based on...

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House Committee Threatens CFPB’s Cordray With Contempt Charges
House Committee Threatens CFPB’s Cordray With Contempt Charges
June 08, 2017  |  CFPB

In another salvo lobbed by Congress and, specifically, Republicans toward the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the House Financial Services Committee is, as The American...

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Why Millennials Love Subscriptions
Why Millennials Love Subscriptions
May 11, 2017  |  Digital Payments

When it comes to buying subscriptions, there is something of a generation gap emerging — at least when it comes to products, according to the latest...

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Bringing Financing Down To Size
Bringing Financing Down To Size
May 10, 2017  |  Consumer Finance

Merchants and consumers alike have a host of reasons to love financing. Consumers get to purchase more or better than their cash budgets might have...

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What Post-Millennials Like
What Post-Millennials Like
April 27, 2017  |  Retail

Just as marketers started to get the hang of this newfangled “millennial” crowd, the next generation comes along to shake things up with different values,...

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Gen Z Goes Phys-igtal
Gen Z Goes Phys-igtal
April 25, 2017  |  Today In Data

Think the youngest generation lives to live online? Think again. Generation Z swells with in store shoppers – to the point where 98 percent of...

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ThredUP And The Resale Retail Revolution
ThredUP And The Resale Retail Revolution
April 14, 2017  |  Retail

Resale retail is a rapidly exploding business — particularly if one happens to be in the business of reselling clothes. According to thredUP’s most recent resale...

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