Oct 5, 2020 | Financial Literacy, FinTech, News
Experian Report Shows Lenders Believe Alternative Credit Data Improves Financial Access for Consumers Last month, Experian released its most recent State of Alternative Data report, highlighting lender and consumer awareness about leveraging alternative credit data in...
Oct 2, 2020 | Federal Regulation, Financial Literacy, News
CFPB Issues Report on Perceived Financial Preparedness, Security, and Saving A recent report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) examines the relationship between saving money and more objective measures of consumers’ financial situations, like...
Sep 30, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
House Passes Ten Bipartisan Financial Services Bills The United States House of Representatives recently passed ten financial services bills, including legislation to protect consumers and investors from pandemic-related fraud, develop more flexible CARES Act funding,...
Sep 28, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
Boston Fed Chief Warns of U.S. Credit Tightening, Calls for More Fiscal Relief The United States economy could encounter more business bankruptcies and foreclosures in the coming months if there is an increase in COVID-19 cases and no additional fiscal aid, according...
Sep 23, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, Congressional Legislation, News
Senators Gillibrand and Sanders Reintroduce Postal Banking Act Last week, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) hosted a Facebook Live conversation where the two legislators announced their reintroduction of the Postal Banking Act,...
Sep 21, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, FinTech, News
Survey Finds Most Americans Say They Can Now Manage Finances Without Physical Bank Branch A recent survey commissioned by Plaid found that, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most Americans have smoothly transitioned to digital banking and are increasingly turning...
Sep 18, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
CFTC Report Warns Climate Change Poses Risk to Financial System A recent report from a task force for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) warned that climate change could seriously affect the U.S. financial system and urged regulators to move decisively...
Sep 16, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Declines in Credit Unions’ Credit Card Debt Mirror Broader Trend According to a new report from WalletHub, Americans have paid down more than $118 billion of credit card debt in 2020, eliminating all of the sector’s 2019 gains. Total credit card debt fell 7.6 percent...
Sep 14, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
California Legislature Passes Bills Requiring Debt Collectors to Obtain Licenses The California legislature has now passed a third piece of legislation related to the consumer financial services industry, SB 908, which establishes new licensure requirements for debt...
