Oct 26, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Proposes Personal Financial Data Rights Rule Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a Personal Financial Data Rights Rule, which it says will promote a shift toward open banking where consumers have more control over their financial...
Oct 23, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
40 Percent of Millennials Use Installment Plans to Improve Credit Scores A recent PYMNTS Intelligence study found that 60 percent of U.S. consumers used installment plans to purchase products in the last year, many of whom do so with the goal of improving their credit...
Oct 19, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
High Debt Consumers Average 14 Late Payments Per Year A recent collaboration from PYMNTS Intelligence and Sezzle titled “The Credit Accessibility Series: Economic Malaise Exacerbating U.S. Consumer Debt Levels” found that roughly one-third of consumers struggle to...
Oct 17, 2023 | Financial Literacy, News
Report Finds 60% of Consumers Across All Income Levels Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck A recent report from PYMNTS and LendingClub found that almost 60 percent of U.S. consumers across all income levels reported living paycheck-to-paycheck in August, a slight decrease...
Oct 9, 2023 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Supreme Court Signals Skepticism on Claims CFPB is Unconstitutional Since it was created, opponents of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have argued that its funding structure—among other elements—was unconstitutional. Last October, those opponents got a...
Oct 5, 2023 | FinTech, News
Fed Report Finds BNPL Loans Increase Financial Inclusion The Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently found that buy now/pay later (BNPL) loans have helped consumers pay off debt at a lower cost than traditional loans, despite consumer advocates urging regulators to...
Oct 3, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
Senate Advances SAFER Banking Act, Sending Legislation to Senate Floor Last week, the Senate Banking Committee approved the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act, a week after it was filed with revisions to garner more bipartisan buy-in. The...
Sep 26, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Launches Rulemaking to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), announced a new rulemaking process to remove medical debts from Americans’ credit reports. The Bureau says that the proposals under...
Sep 21, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Banking Committee Schedules Vote on SAFE Banking Act On September 27, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is set to hold a vote on the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would make it easier for financial institutions...
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...
