Britain’s biggest companies are getting quicker at paying their bills. New official statistics show the time large businesses take to pay their suppliers has fallen, and the proportion of invoices paid late dropped to 15 per cent in 2025, down ...

Russell Vought’s long‑anticipated appearance before Congress over his handling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) showcased the sharp political and policy divide over the future of federal consumer financial protection — and the stakes for the credit and collections ...

St. Mary’s Credit Union, of Marlborough, has completed its merger with Framingham-based MetroWest Community Federal Credit Union, creating a combined institution with about $1.15 billion in assets and more than 60,000 members throughout MetroWest. The merger followed regulatory and member ...

The Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) sector will come under the regulation of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) from today (Wednesday 15th July), seeing the launch of stronger protections in place for consumers. New YouGov polling commissioned by StepChange reveals ...

High credit card delinquencies are real in the aggregate data, but they are increasingly concentrated among subprime and non‑prime borrowers who are far less likely to be customers of the largest card‑issuing banks, which have spent the past several years ...

Americans are keeping the consumer engine running even as they voice deep dissatisfaction with the economy, and that paradox is increasingly shaping credit usage, delinquency risk, and regulatory scrutiny across the credit and collections ecosystem.cbsnews+2 The sentiment–spending paradox Consumer surveys ...

The findings suggest there is little recovery among households - people are instead surviving by making adjustments. South Africans remain under severe financial pressure as the high cost of living persists, with TransUnion’s second quarter 2026 Consumer Pulse Study revealing ...

Cheryl Casone and Scott Ladner discuss the week's significant economic data, including June CPI, PPI, and retail sales. Ladner emphasizes watching big bank earnings for insights into consumer behavior. American families are increasingly being pushed past their financial limits at ...

UK credit union trade body All Together Money has welcomed the introduction of new regulation for the buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, which comes into effect today (15 July). The new rules bring BNPL providers under Financial Conduct Authority ...