Jun 22, 2022 | FinTech, News
PayPal Expands Pay Later Options With New ‘Pay Monthly’ Service Last week, PayPal introduced a new buy now, pay later (BNPL) product, called “PayPal Pay Monthly,” to give customers another flexible payment option for major purchases. Customers can use the program to...
Jun 20, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Deputy Director Tells Consumer Group Meeting Bank-Fintech Partnerships May Be Scrutinized In keynote remarks before the Consumer Federation of America’s 2022 Consumer Assembly last week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Deputy Director Zixta Martinez...
Jun 17, 2022 | Financial Literacy, News
CFPB Releases Office of Servicemember Affairs Annual Report On Monday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual report detailing the top financial concerns from servicemembers, veterans, and military families. Since 2011, these groups have...
Jun 15, 2022 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Bank Economists See Weakening Credit Conditions According to the American Bankers Association’s Credit Conditions Index for Q3 2022, released last week, bank economists expect credit market conditions to deteriorate over the second six months of 2022. The Credit...
Jun 13, 2022 | Congressional Legislation, News
Rate Cap Campaign Announces Enough Signatures to Put Initiative on Michigan Ballot Earlier this month, a campaign dedicated to capping annual interest rates on loans at 36 percent in the state of Michigan announced it had collected more than 575,000 signatures and...
Jun 10, 2022 | Financial Literacy, News
Report Finds 61% of U.S. Consumers, Including 36% of Consumers Earning More than $250k Annually, Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck A report produced through a collaboration with PYMNTS and LendingClub and released earlier this month found that a growing number of consumers...