Jun 18, 2021 | Financial Literacy, News
Study Finds One in Three Consumers Found Errors in Credit Report According to a recent study checking consumer credit reports for accuracy conducted by Consumer Reports, 34 percent of the nearly 6,000 Americans who volunteered to be part of the study found errors in...
May 21, 2021 | Banks & Credit Unions, Financial Literacy, News
Credit Card Balances Still Declining Americans are paying down their credit card debt at the fastest rates in years, so large issuers are spending more on marketing and loosening their standards for underwriting. Card balances at Discover Financial Services, Capital...
May 10, 2021 | Financial Literacy, News
COVID-19 Checks Likely Drove Record Rise in Household Income In March 2021, household income rose at a record pace of 21.1 percent, the largest monthly increase since 1959. This is largely due to the federal stimulus payments amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, which...
May 5, 2021 | Financial Literacy, News
CFPB Report Details Changes in Consumer Financial Status During Early Months of Pandemic A new report in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Making Ends Meet survey series presents results from the Bureau’s study of COVID-19’s early impact on consumers’...
Apr 21, 2021 | Financial Literacy, News
Poll Finds 15 Percent of Americans in Worse Financial Shape Than Before Pandemic A new poll from Impact Genome and The Associated Press (AP)-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that nearly 38 million Americans are struggling more today than they were before...
Mar 3, 2021 | Financial Literacy, FinTech, News
Experian Research Finds Consumers Embracing Digital Transactions Experian’s 2021 Global Insight Report revealed that 60 percent of consumers currently use a mobile wallet to make digital payments, and 38 percent of consumers anticipate increasing their online activity...
