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March

29
2023
Trends

Consumer Spending Seen +0.3% in February — Data Week Ahead

The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal. Forecasts were last updated Monday afternoon.

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March

29
2023
Industry News

Members of U.S. Senate panel press financial regulators on massive bank failures

WASHINGTON — Financial regulators promised a full review of Silicon Valley Bank’s massive failure as members of a key U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday interrogated the officials about what led to the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history.

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March

29
2023
Trends

US pending home sales rise for third straight month; loan demand increases

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes increased for a third straight month in February, raising cautious optimism that the housing market slump could be bottoming out.

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March

29
2023
Industry News

Oportun Informed by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that it has Concluded its Investigation of Oportun and Will Not Recommend any Enforcement Action

SAN CARLOS, Calif., March 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT), a mission-driven fintech and digital banking platform, today announced that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has informed Oportun, via letter, that the agency has completed its investigation of the Company

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March

28
2023
Trends

Tax filing robocall scams have been on the rise this month

While there have been countless scams targeting taxpayers over the last few months, Transaction Network Services (TNS) has found that there has been no letup in tax-related robocalls. In fact, taxpayers have been subject to an increase in such calls throughout the month of March.

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