Apr 29, 2025 | Financial Literacy, News
62% of Credit Card “Outsiders” Using Some Other Form of Credit A recent report from PYMNTS Intelligence and Atelio by FIS entitled “Decision Guide: What Credit Card Outsiders Want — and How FIs Can Bring Them Back,” found that a strong majority (62...
Apr 9, 2025 | Banks & Credit Unions, Financial Literacy, News
Debt Causing Nearly Two in Three Americans Carrying Credit Card Debt to Delay or Avoid Other Financial Decisions, Study Finds According to a new Bankrate report, 64% of U.S. adults carrying credit card debt have delayed or avoided other financial decisions as a result...
Feb 20, 2025 | Financial Literacy, News
A Third of Americans Have More Debt than Emergency Savings Bankrate’s 2025 Emergency Savings Report found that 33 percent of U.S. adults have more credit card debt than emergency savings, which is down from 36 percent in both 2024 and 2023. However, the number remains...
Jan 29, 2025 | Financial Literacy, News
Survey Finds Only 41% of Americans Could Pay $1000 Expense Using Savings A recent Bankrate survey found that only 41 percent of Americans could use savings to pay for an emergency expense of $1000 or more, which is down from 44 percent last year. This number breaks up...
Jan 7, 2025 | Financial Literacy, News
Credit Card Defaults Hit Highest Level Since 2010 The Financial Times is reporting that card lenders wrote off $46 billion in seriously delinquent loans in the first nine months of 2024—a 50 percent increase from 2023 and the highest level since 2010. The write-offs...
Dec 23, 2024 | Financial Literacy, News
44% of Americans Believe Finances Will Improve Next Year, Survey Finds Bankrate’s most recent Financial Outlook Survey found that 44 percent of Americans think their finances will improve in 2025, compared to 37 percent from the 2023 survey who said they believed...