Borrowers nationwide are carrying a record-breaking amount of credit card debt right now — nearly $1.3 trillion nationwide. That alone is a problem, as it indicates that more people are stuck relying on their short-term borrowing options to get by ...

Indiana currently has the highest foreclosure filing rate of any U.S. state, with roughly one foreclosure for every 1,597 housing units as of February 2026. What the new data shows ATTOM’s latest national report ranks Indiana number one for foreclosure ...

Key Points Department of Education is transferring responsibility for defaulted student loan collections to the Department of Treasury. Later phases would expand Treasury’s role to include non-defaulted loans and potentially other Federal Student Aid functions, including FAFSA administration and Pell ...

US fintech leaders continue expanding services across payments, banking, lending, investments, and enterprise financial management platforms. Embedded finance and mobile-first experiences are redefining how consumers and businesses interact with financial services today. Profitability, customer retention, and product diversification now dominate ...

Key insight: The White House issued an executive order directing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and bank regulators to tailor mortgage rules for community banks. What's at stake: The move is part of a broader Republican strategy to shore up ...

So Credit One has to be the most effective TCPA litigant out there. They’ve won a ton of TCPA suits– generally by enforcing arbitration– and have gotten away with some pretty obnoxious behavior as a result. For instance in Jones v ...

Corporate bankruptcies in Germany rose sharply in 2025, reaching their highest level in more than a decade. According to the Federal Statistical Office, 24,064 companies filed for insolvency, representing a 10.3% increase compared with 2024. On average, one company went ...

A perfect credit score might sound like the ultimate financial goal. But a very small percentage of Americans actually have one. According to a spokesperson for credit reporting agency Equifax, just 0.24% of U.S. adults with a credit file — ...

While noting the upside to President Trump's new executive order to expand home lending among community financial institutions, the Mortgage Bankers Association's top executive added a note of caution, saying benefits won't appear immediately. In a wide-ranging interview at Intercontinental ...