Mortgage originations dropped and debt delinquencies rose during the first quarter. These trends happened as total household debt rose $148 billion, or 0.9%, in the...
Depending on the month, the roster of those of us living paycheck to paycheck is up a bit or down a bit. But through the...
Inflation is making paying for basics of everyday life — food especially — harder to swallow. Earlier this week, PYMNTS reported that the cost of essentials...
The Bank of Mom & Dad (BOMD) isn’t just a sitcom line. One analysis found that parents lent their kids a collective $47 billion in...
Contrary to conventional wisdom, having good credit, an excellent FICO score, and financial stability may still not be enough for many consumers to take out...
The pandemic is ebbing, and the U.S. economy is — in lumpy fashion, to be sure — reigniting. That means forbearance programs are due for...
No two recessions are exactly alike. But this time around, with the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel as vaccines are rolling out,...
Capital One Financial said on Tuesday (Jan. 26) that, in its fourth quarter, consumer credit metrics improved as consumers continued to pay down debt. In...
Long before the advent of the COVID-19 epidemic and the litany of financial and economic disruptions brought in its wake, the student loan situation in...