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May

9
2023
Industry News

A group of scammers cheated student-loan borrowers out of $12 million by misleading them about repayment programs

A federal watchdog just cracked down on two companies over accusations of lying to student-loan borrowers and scamming them out of millions of dollars.

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May

9
2023
Industry News

Divergent Paths: Robocalls Decline While Robotexts Spike, According to Robokiller Insights

NEW YORK, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The gap in volume between robotexts and robocalls widened in April according to Robokiller Insights, as Americans received 13 billion robotexts (an 8% increase vs. March) and 5 billion robocalls (a 13% decrease). Don't count out robocalls just yet, though — historically they slow down in April but pick back up soon after.

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May

9
2023
Trends

Job losses lead to rise in mortgage delinquencies in the US

Chennai: With job losses and a predicted recession, home mortgage delinquencies are expected to increase in the US, a senior official of mortgage servicing fintech software-as-a-service (SaaS) Sagent said on Monday. The US-based Sagent, backed by Warburg Pincus, has opened its first non-US centre here with a headcount of about 120.

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May

9
2023
Trends

Here’s what the looming debt ceiling crisis means for your portfolio

Many investors are bracing for the economic fallout of the deadline for the U.S. to raise the debt ceiling or default on its obligations. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said that failing to raise the debt ceiling will cause a “steep economic downturn” in the U.S., reiterating the country’s early June deadline.

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May

9
2023
Industry News

California regulator cites social media, digital banking as key factors in Silicon Valley Bank's failure

California's chief banking regulator took its fair share of blame Monday for Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, admitting that the department was slow to demand fixes at the troubled institution — too slow for an era in which social media and mobile banking could combine to drive an unprecedented run on the bank's deposits.

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