FICO Announces Plans to Include BNPL Data in Credit Scores
FICO Announces Plans to Include BNPL Data in Credit Scores FICO recently announced two credit scores that will include consumers’ record of buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans, both of which will launch in the fall. FICO Score 10 BNPL and FICO Score 10 T BNPL are meant to...
Senate Parliamentarian Says Budget Bill Can’t Cut CFPB Funding
Senate Parliamentarian Says Budget Bill Can’t Cut CFPB Funding As Congress continues to hammer out the details of the tax and spending package passed by the House in May, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough recently ruled that the Republicans’ attempt to...
CFPB’s Top Enforcement Official Resigns
CFPB’s Top Enforcement Official Resigns Last week, CFPB acting head of enforcement Cara Petersen turned in her resignation after sending an email to colleagues criticizing the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency. Petersen served at the Bureau...
New Report Finds Consumer Credit Usage Surged in April
New Report Finds Consumer Credit Usage Surged in April The most recent consumer credit data from the Federal Reserve indicated that consumers turned to credit to pay for goods and services at a significantly elevated rate in April. The aggregate tally of consumer...
Senate Confirms Michelle Bowman as Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision
Senate Confirms Michelle Bowman as Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman to serve as the Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision by a narrow vote of 48-46. Bowman has served as a governor on...
Baltimore Drops CFPB Funding Lawsuit
Baltimore Drops CFPB Funding Lawsuit Last week, the city of Baltimore voluntarily dropped its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The city is represented by Democracy Forward, a left leaning...
Number of Consumers Using BNPL to Pay for Groceries Has Nearly Doubled
Number of Consumers Using BNPL to Pay for Groceries Has Nearly Doubled Data from an April LendingTree report shows that 25 percent of buy now, pay later (BNPL) users have used the service to buy groceries, up from 14 percent a year ago. Lending services like Affirm,...
CFPB Proposes Rescinding Nonbank Supervision Registry Rule
CFPB Proposes Rescinding Nonbank Supervision Registry Rule The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently proposed a rescission of its rule requiring nonbank financial firms to register with the agency if they are subject to any court order or regulatory...
