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After a Pandemic High, Consumers are Coming Down with No Buy 2025

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It’s the new sensation that’s sweeping the nation, and it doesn’t cost you a penny. Frugal consumers are giving up non-essential purchases.

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Personal Finance

Share of Consumer Debt in Delinquency Tracks the Highest in Almost Five Years

It should be said that the top line news from Thursday’s report was, as Larry David would say, “pretty, pretty good.”

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Finance

Sixth Street Gives Affirm a Big Boost

Private credit and buy-now-pay-later firms are teaming up to cut banks out of the consumer finance supply chain.

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Regulation

Regulation is Here at Last for Buy Now, Pay Later

But the new don’t require platforms to report how they interact with credit bureaus, keeping many transactions in a black box.

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Banking

Visa, Mastercard Agree to Massive Settlement That Limits Swipe Fees

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The agreement with US-based merchants is expected to reduce the credit card titans’ take by a combined $30 billion through 2030.

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Finance

Americans Paid Down Their Credit Cards, Lenders Are Starting to Freak

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