Sep 19, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
Sen. Josh Hawley Proposes Legislation to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 18% Last week, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation that would cap the maximum interest rate credit cards could charge annually at 18 percent. By comparison, the average credit...
Sep 11, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
Senate Confirms Biden’s Fed Nominees Last week, the Senate confirmed three of President Biden’s Federal Reserve nominees: Philip Jefferson to serve as the Fed’s vice chair, Adriana Kugler to serve on the Fed’s Board of Governors, and the renomination of Lisa Cook to...
Sep 8, 2023 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Pressure Building in Consumer Loans, According to Latest Fed Data Recent data from the Federal Reserve found heightened pressure in consumer lending, as household debt reached $17 trillion and credit card debt was estimated to surpass the $1 trillion milestone....
Sep 5, 2023 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
ATM Fees Hit Record High as Overdraft and NSF Fees Drop Bankrate’s annual Checking Account and ATM Fee Study found that the average combined ATM fee for out-of-network withdrawals was $4.73, which surpassed the previous average high of $4.72 in 2019. Alternatively,...
Aug 29, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
High-Income Urban Consumers 25% More Likely than Suburban Ones to Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck A recent study by PYMNTS and LendingClub entitled “New Reality Check: The Regional Divide Edition” found that city dwellers are feeling the financial pressure of increased...
Aug 23, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Announces Rule to Limit Types of Consumer Data that Can be Sold by Data Brokers Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra said last week at a White House roundtable that the agency plans to propose a rule under the Fair Credit Reporting...
