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May

10
2024
Trends

Fed's Logan says US monetary policy may not be tight enough

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan on Friday said it's not clear if monetary policy is tight enough to bring inflation down to the U.S. central bank's 2% goal, and it is too soon to be cutting interest rates.

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May

10
2024
Trends

Financially Struggling Consumers Twice as Likely to Hit Credit Card Limit

The December installment of PYMNTS Intelligence’s “New Reality Check: The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report” series, “The Credit Card Use Deep Dive Edition,” drew from a survey of more than 3,200 U.S. consumers to examine their financial lifestyles and explore how they use credit cards to manage their cash flows to get by.

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May

10
2024
Industry News

Oregon Enacts Bill Changing Debt Collection Practices

On April 4, 2024, the Oregon Governor signed Senate Bill 1595—the Family Financial Protection Act (SB 1595)—into law. SB 1595 increases the amounts exempt from execution by creditors, imposes new account review procedures for banks in responding to garnishments, and increases protections for debtors from unlawful debt collection practices.

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May

10
2024
Industry News

CFPB rule to save Americans $10 billion a year in late fees faces possible last-minute freeze

A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulation that promised to save Americans billions of dollars in late fees on credit cards faces a last-ditch effort to stave off its implementation.

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May

10
2024
Trends

Gen Z Consumers Are Using Credit More, and Differently, than Their Millennial Counterparts at the Beginning of their Credit Journeys

Gen Z consumers are tapping into credit at higher levels than their Millennial counterparts did in the early stages of adulthood (ages 22-24). TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) released these findings today at the company’s 2024 Financial Services Summit, attended by nearly 300 global financial services executives.

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