More than half of Americans (51%) plan to spend more than $500 this holiday shopping season, a marked increase from the 36% who planned to do so in 2022. A new TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) report found that three in 10 consumers (29%) plan on spending more on holiday shopping than in the year prior, while only 16% say they will spend less.
More than 300,000 people were given incorrect information about their student loan repayments as resumption of debt payments began this month, the Education Department said on Thursday.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Oct. 19, 2023) – The National Credit Union Administration Board held its ninth open meeting of 2023, where it unanimously approved a proposed rule incorporating its Second Chance Interpretive Ruling and Policy Statement and the Fair Hiring in Banking Act into its regulations. The NCUA Board also approved a proposed rule that would simplify share insurance regulations by establishing a “trust accounts” category.
As Americans grapple with high inflation and record debt, many have fallen behind on credit card payments. In fact, 5.08% of credit card balances fell into serious delinquency or were at least 90 days past due in the second quarter of 2023, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That marked an increase from 3.35% in the second quarter of 2022.
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday launched a data collection to gather more information from the banks affected by the large bank capital proposal it announced earlier this year. When the proposal was announced, the Board indicated that it would undertake this supplemental data collection.