Feb 22, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
Morning Consult Survey: Most Adults with Financial Goals Confident They Will Make Progress This Year, While Many Struggle to Make Ends Meet A recent Morning Consult survey found that 75 percent of Americans with 2023 financial goals are confident they will make...
Feb 20, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
Biden Taps Fed’s Brainard for National Economic Council Director Last week, President Biden named Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as his top economic advisor, replacing outgoing NEC Director Brian Deese. Brainard will work alongside Treasury Secretary Janet...
Feb 17, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
Sen. Cramer Introduces Fair Access to Banking Act U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) recently introduced the Fair Access to Banking Act, which would prohibit financial institutions from limiting or denying services to certain industries. Banks would instead be...
Feb 15, 2023 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Banks Tightening Credit Standards, According to Fed Survey The most recent quarterly senior loan officer opinion survey from the Federal Reserve found banks reporting both weaker demand and stricter standards for commercial and industrial real estate, consumer loans,...
Feb 13, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
TransUnion Report Finds Consumers Looking to Credit Products to Make Ends Meet A recent TransUnion report highlighting credit activity in Q4 of 2022 found that credit card balances hit a record $931 billion, which increased 18.5 percent from the fourth quarter of...
Feb 10, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
Banks to CFPB: Rule to Cut Late Fees Requires Small Business Review Small community banks and credit unions have recently stated that they will be forced to sue the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) if their plan to cut credit card late fees to $8 goes into...
Feb 8, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott Announces Policy Priorities Last week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the new Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released his oversight and legislative priorities for the...
Feb 6, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
More Higher Earners Report Living Paycheck to Paycheck A new survey by PYMNTS.com and LendingClub found that 64 percent of American consumers were living paycheck to paycheck at the end of 2022, which is 3 percent higher than in 2021 and an increase of 9.3 million...
Feb 3, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Releases Proposal Slashing Credit Card Late Fees The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a proposed rule that it says will rein in excessive credit card late fees that cost Americans nearly $12 billion every year. The Bureau alleges that...
Feb 1, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
Recent Study Finds Illinois Rate Cap Reduced Access to Credit A recent study found that the 36 percent interest rate cap on consumer loans imposed by the 2021 Illinois Predatory Loan Prevention Act (PLPA) decreased the availability of small-dollar credit and worsened...
