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How Consumer Credit Trends Impact Debt Collection in 2024

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Today, about 61% of American households have credit card debt and the average credit card debt balance sits at $5,875. On top of historic credit card balances, delinquencies continue to climb across the board: automotive, mortgage, bank cards, and unsecured personal loans.

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How Consumer Credit Trends Impact Debt Collection in 2024

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Today, about 61% of American households have credit card debt and the average credit card debt balance sits at $5,875. On top of historic credit card balances, delinquencies continue to climb across the board: automotive, mortgage, bank cards, and unsecured personal loans.

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Credit card debt reaches a record high among U.S. consumers

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Credit card balances reached a record-setting $866 billion in the third quarter of last year, which represents a year-over-year increase of 19%. Credit balances reached a record-setting $866 billion in the third quarter of last year – and they are expected to keep climbing, the report from TransUnion said.

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Average U.S. FICO® Score at 716, Indicating Improvement in Consumer Credit Behaviors Despite Pandemic

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Mix in the fact that many consumers – enabled, in part, by historic levels of savings at least partly driven by government stimulus such as enhanced unemployment benefits – have shifted their focus to paying down their credit card debt, and the result is a greater than 10% decrease in the average credit card balance and utilization of the U.S.

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Credit card balances spiked in the third quarter to a $1.08 trillion record. Here’s how we got here

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As the federal funds rate rose, the prime rate did, as well, and credit card rates followed suit. Why credit card debt keeps rising Despite the steep cost, consumers often turn to credit cards, in part because they are more accessible than other types of loans, according to Matt Schulz, chief credit analyst at LendingTree.

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Q1 Industry Insights: Economic Stressors Persist while Pandemic-era Benefits End

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With uncertainties about how the end of various pandemic-era benefits will impact consumers, it’s more important than ever for creditors and collectors to implement strategies that consider consumer situations and preferences when attempting to collect. What’s Impacting Consumers and the Industry?

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Inflation Causing Rise In Card Debt And Consumers Living Paycheck To Paycheck

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News & World Report shows that more than eight in 10 Americans who have credit card debt are experiencing anywhere from a little to a lot of anxiety about it. Nearly 31% have at least $6,000 of credit card debt. have credit card debt of $10,000 or more.