financial health

From Friend’s Grandpa To Hip Elder Brother: Banks As Consumer Trust Anchors
From Friend’s Grandpa To Hip Elder Brother: Banks As Consumer Trust Anchors
December 03, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Almost five years ago (on Dec. 19, 2013), Target was breached. Roughly 40 million consumer credit cards were hacked, and the public outcry of shock...

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Forty-Six Percent Of Americans Live Paycheck To Paycheck
Forty-Six Percent Of Americans Live Paycheck To Paycheck
November 13, 2018  |  Economy

When it comes to the economy here in the U.S., the big picture – call it the “top down” view – looks fairly rosy. But...

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Survey Shows Fall In US Consumer Sentiment
Survey Shows Fall In US Consumer Sentiment
October 12, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

Indicating that Americans may have a less favorable view of their own finances, the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers fell to a gauge of...

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation
A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation
September 18, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

Necessity is the mother of invention. Invention can become necessity. And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention...

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Intuit’s Mint Updates iOS App With Data-Driven Insights
Intuit’s Mint Updates iOS App With Data-Driven Insights
August 27, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

To offer users actionable advice, Intuit’s Mint is updating its personal finance iOS Mint app with added benefits, new design features and data-driven MintSights™. The...

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Today In Data: When Things Aren’t Quite What They Seem
Today In Data: When Things Aren’t Quite What They Seem
August 03, 2018  |  Today In Data

It is easy to get taken in by appearances, which, as the old saying goes, can be deceiving. For example, it can be hard to...

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Today In Data: The Many Roads To Making Consumers Feel Secure
Today In Data: The Many Roads To Making Consumers Feel Secure
July 23, 2018  |  Today In Data

Security is a complicated and thorny topic in payments and commerce, because it means different things to different consumers. The most obvious threat is the...

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Walmart Redefines The Paycheck
Walmart Redefines The Paycheck
July 20, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

When people talk about the plight of living paycheck to paycheck, Even Responsible Finance CEO Jon Schlossberg told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, they...

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Fed Finds Slight Boost to Americans’ Economic Well Being
Fed Finds Slight Boost to Americans’ Economic Well Being
May 22, 2017  |  News

Americans felt slightly better about their financial lives last year as measured against the year before, but as noted in a Federal Reserve study released...

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