Category: Credit

January 16, 2020

Since the National Consumer Assistance Plan went into effect in 2017, public records must meet strict requirements to appear on consumer credit reports. Civil judgments and tax liens do not meet these new requirements, so they were removed from credit […]

January 15, 2020

Americans’ credit scores continue to improve. But credit scores don’t tell the whole story of how consumers are faring financially. A new report from Experian EXPN, +1.46% found that the average FICO Score in the U.S. reached an all-time high […]

January 9, 2020

As investors sought safety in the bond market as a potential conflict with Iran emerged this past week, mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level since October. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.64% during the week ending Jan. 9, down […]

January 2, 2020

The history of credit and lending to business customers dates right back to Mesopotamia when the very first payday loans were used by farmers and the code of Hammurabi defined how the interest charged on silver loans was to be […]

December 30, 2019

The past year saw digital lenders enhance their product suites beyond credit, as big banks focused on adding features to their digital platforms to keep customers in their ecosystems, S&P Market Intelligence reported in a December research note. Lenders move […]

December 6, 2019

It could become easier for some personal-loan applicants to secure a loan after federal regulators announced this week that they encourage the use of “alternative data” in credit underwriting standards — so long as it’s done responsibly. The Federal Reserve […]

November 21, 2019

The country’s $1.5 trillion in student loan debt can weigh heavily on some borrowers, sidetracking plans for home ownership and stunting careers while they pay off loans. That debt is especially burdensome for black borrowers, according to new data from […]

November 11, 2019

On Friday, David Heinemeier Hansson, a prominent technology entrepreneur, complained to his 355,000 Twitter followers that the Apple Card is “such a fucking sexist program” because its “black box algorithm thinks I deserve 20x the credit limit she [his wife] […]

November 7, 2019

Mortgage rates dropped in the past week after rising in six of the last nine weeks, including most of the month of October. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.69% during the week ending Nov. 7, down three basis points from […]

October 22, 2019

After shaking up trading commissions, fintech companies are looking at a new Wall Street area to disrupt: interest rates. A wave of fintech companies are now offering a 2% or higher rate, which is more than 20 times the national […]