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...
Jan 13, 2021 | Federal Regulation, Financial Literacy, News
CFPB Issues 2020 Financial Literacy Report The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued its 2020 Financial Literacy Annual Report that highlights the Bureau’s activities and strategies to improve consumers’ financial literacy. Congress pushed the...
Jan 11, 2021 | Financial Literacy, News
States Increase Minimum Wage in 2021 With the start of 2021, twenty states have increased their minimum hourly wage, which supporters say will aid in poverty reduction and offer essential pay increases for low-income, poverty workers. They will also help many...
Dec 16, 2020 | Federal Regulation, Financial Literacy, News
CFPB Quarterly Trends Report Explores Prevalence of Payment Information in Consumer Credit Reporting Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its most recent consumer credit trends report, examining the rates of actual payment information...
