Consumers are entering the final months of the year less worried about losing their jobs, more worried about prices and less confident about where their household finances are headed. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s September Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Wednesday (Oct. 7),...
Consumers may still feel secure about their jobs, but a thinner savings cushion is changing the financial environment in which they manage their money. This finding comes from the September 2026 edition of the PYMNTS Consumer Expectations Index, “Consumers Hold the Line as Their Financial...
Americans aren’t expecting a wave of pink slips, but they’re becoming less confident about what would happen if they needed another job. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s August Survey of Consumer Expectations found that the mean probability consumers assign to unemployment being higher...
Watch more: Need to Know With Concora Credit’s Jason Tinurelli An emergency expense doesn’t need to overwhelm a household budget to create a credit problem. For subprime consumers, a medical bill, car repair or veterinary expense can redirect enough cash to jeopardize a payment, putting...
October 08, 2026
Consumers are entering the final months of the year less worried about losing their jobs, more worried about prices and less confident about where their household finances are headed. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s September Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Wednesday (Oct. 7), shows median expected household spending growth rose 0.3 percentage point […]
October 01, 2026
Consumers may still feel secure about their jobs, but a thinner savings cushion is changing the financial environment in which they manage their money. This finding comes from the September...
September 10, 2026
Americans aren’t expecting a wave of pink slips, but they’re becoming less confident about what would happen if they needed another job. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s August...
September 09, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Concora Credit’s Jason Tinurelli An emergency expense doesn’t need to overwhelm a household budget to create a credit problem. For subprime consumers, a medical...
August 13, 2026
Citi’s U.S. Consumer Cards business plans to expand its customer engagement and commerce media capabilities by acquiring Kard Financial, a commerce media and rewards platform for banks and FinTechs, Citi said in a Thursday (Aug. 13) press release. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and the companies will continue to operate as independent organizations until […]
July 20, 2026
New Federal Reserve data show consumer credit applications reached a nearly-five-year high in June. In the latest edition of its Survey of Consumer Expectations Credit Access Survey, released Monday (July 20), the Federal Reserve...
May 07, 2026
Credit Karma has begun allowing individuals who don’t have a credit score to open an account and use the resources it offers to build a credit history. This is the...
April 28, 2026
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wrote a letter to bank regulators asking if they plan to enforce a temporary 10% cap on credit card interest rates that President Donald Trump called for...
