Sep 17, 2024 | Banks & Credit Unions, Financial Literacy, News
Loan Delinquencies Beginning to Level Off Bankers and industry analysts recently said that U.S. consumers’ late payments on credit cards and other loans have leveled off in recent months after rising earlier this year. Delinquency rates fell to just over 2 percent in...
May 8, 2024 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Federal Reserve Survey of Lending Officers Finds U.S. Banks Reported Stricter Credit Standards in Q1 2024 According to the Federal Reserve’s “April 2024 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices,” released on Monday, many banks tightened their...
Apr 24, 2024 | Banks & Credit Unions, Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Report Finds Overdraft and NSF Revenue Down More Than 50 Percent in 2023 vs. Pre-Pandemic Levels According to a new report issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), overdraft and nonsufficient funds (NSF) revenues dropped by $6.1 billion since...
Mar 13, 2024 | Banks & Credit Unions, Financial Literacy, News
New Report Finds Half of Loan Applicants Have Been Denied Since Fed Rate Increases Began Two Years Ago According to a new Bankrate report, half of applicants have been turned down for a loan or financial product since the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates...
Feb 28, 2024 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Americans Spent Roughly $25 Billion in Credit Card Interest Last Year A recent analysis by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) found that the average annual percentage rate (APR) on credit cards almost doubled in 2023 to 22.8 percent from 12.9 percent in...
Nov 2, 2023 | Banks & Credit Unions, Federal Regulation, News
CFPB’s Biennial Credit Card Report Finds Consumers Paid More than $130 Billion in Interest and Fees in 2022 Recently, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its biennial report on the consumer credit card market to Congress, which found that...
