Collection Industry News

APRIL 10, 2023

Interest rates on credit cards have risen substantially, with average interest rates going over 20% . Given the trends for the 175 million Americans with credit cards, the CFPB estimates that outstanding credit card debt may continue to set records and could even hit $1 trillion.

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Collection Industry News

MARCH 19, 2024

Today, about 61% of American households have credit card debt and the average credit card debt balance sits at $5,875. The post How Consumer Credit Trends Impact Debt Collection in 2024 appeared first on Collection Industry News.

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Consumer Finance

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its fifth biennial report to Congress today on the consumer credit card market, finding that the market’s growth over the last few years reversed course in 2020.

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Collection Industry News

AUGUST 17, 2023

The report shows a slight uptick in total household debt in the second quarter of 2023, increasing by $16 billion (0.1%) to $17.06 The report is based on data from the New York Fed’s nationally representative Consumer Credit Panel. The post Total Household Debt Reaches $17.06 trillion in the Q2 2023, marking a 4.6%

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Fico Collections

AUGUST 16, 2021

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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Consumer Finance

JUNE 28, 2021

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today filed a proposed order in federal district court against Burlington Financial Group and its owners and executives, Richard Burnham, Katherine Burnham, and Sang Yi, for allegedly deceiving consumers into hiring the company to lower or eliminate credit-card debts and improve consumers’ credit scores. (..)

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Troutman Sanders

APRIL 25, 2023

Implying that high interest rates are solely a result of lack of competition, the CFPB has: (i) published a proposed rule that would amend Regulation Z to decrease the safe harbor for credit card late fees; (ii) launched an update of its credit card database; (iii) and requested public feedback on how the consumer credit card market is functioning.

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Collection Industry News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

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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Collection Industry News

JANUARY 30, 2024

A periodic survey by Bankrate found that 47% of cardholders carried debt from month to month in mid-2023, up from 39% at the end of 2021. The average card customer holds $6,088 in debt, according to a TransUnion report for the third quarter of 2023, up from $5,474 at the same time in 2022.

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Public Citizen

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The CFPB explained that it is concerned about accumulating debt, regulatory arbitrage, and data harvesting in a consumer credit market already quickly changing with technology. The application process is quick, involving relatively little information from the consumer, and the product often comes with no interest.

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Collection Industry News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

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.

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Fico Collections

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Information and data continue to be key tools at our disposal to better understand the dynamics of the last couple of years, and better navigate what lies ahead for the Canadian consumer credit environment. Average FICO® Score 10.

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True Accord

APRIL 5, 2023

Consumers trying to make ends meet have continued turning to credit cards and other credit types to bridge the income to expense gap. consumer credit card debt has increased to nearly $1 trillion. Credit card balances jumped more than $60 billion over Q4 2022, lifting the total amount of U.S.

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Debt Free Colorado

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

It is prohibited for debt collectors to utilize unfair techniques, harass, or deceive consumers while seeking to collect consumer debts under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Consumer debts include credit card debts, vehicle loans, medical costs, and school loans.

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Troutman Sanders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Against this background, AG Bonta made recommendations to the agencies on how to protect consumers from harm in their use of medical payment products, including: The agencies should designate medical credit card debt as medical debt, not consumer debt, to ensure consumers receive the appropriate statutory protections.

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UK debt collections

JANUARY 5, 2023

Credit card borrowing rose in November to its highest monthly level since 2004 according to latest Bank of England data. billion in all forms of consumer credit, an increase on the £700m borrowed in October, of which £1.2 Net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals increased from £3.6 billion to £4.4

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Collection Industry News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Using the CFPB’s Making Ends Meet survey and consumer credit data, CFPB researchers found that financial conditions faced by renters and homeowners were divergent before the pandemic. “We must amplify and protect the modest gains renters made during the pandemic to ensure this nation’s full and equitable recovery from COVID-19.”.

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Collection Industry News

JULY 12, 2021

Americans borrowed a lot more money in May, according to new data from the Federal Reserve’s Consumer Credit Report released in July. There was a 10% increase in credit use on a seasonally adjusted annual basis in May 2021. In May 2021, the total outstanding balance of consumer credit hit $4.25

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Collection Industry News

JULY 19, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Fair Credit Reporting Act does not require consumer credit agencies to further investigate when a borrower disputes a debt collector’s ownership of their debt. Attorneys for the borrowers and credit agencies did not immediately reply to requests for comment on Friday.

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 5, 2021

“We did have a crisis,” said Brian Riley, director of credit advisory services at Mercator Advisory Group, “but because of the support that was given, it really kept the market for consumer credit steady.”. He added that card issuers behaved “a lot more rationally” in comparison with the 2007-2009 crisis.

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Fico Collections

OCTOBER 15, 2020

And that’s because it generally takes a few months for the effects of that event and the accompanying financial strain to start to show up in consumers’ credit reports, in the form of rising balances, credit seeking behavior, and eventually for some, missed payments. As of July 2020, U.S. FICO® Score over the coming months.

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Credit Corp

JUNE 8, 2023

This is where they come into play—things like making loan and credit card payments on time each month and maintaining a good debt usage or a credit utilization rate—the amount of debt, including credit card debt, you have in relation to your overall credit limit—can help you reach the credit score you’re after.

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Troutman Sanders

JULY 11, 2023

According to the FTC’s June 2016 complaint, brought jointly with the Florida attorney general, the defendants called consumers via robocalls to sell credit card interest rate reduction services. The CFPB further alleged that the defendants made guarantees about lowering consumers’ credit card interest rates.

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Troutman Sanders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

On December 1, the Federal Reserve Board and the CFPB announced the dollar thresholds that determine exemption of certain consumer credit and lease transactions in 2022, from Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing). For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Fico Collections

OCTOBER 15, 2020

And that’s because it generally takes a few months for the effects of that event and the accompanying financial strain to start to show up in consumers’ credit reports, in the form of rising balances, credit seeking behavior, and eventually for some, missed payments. As of July 2020, U.S. FICO® Score over the coming months.

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Credit Corp

JANUARY 7, 2021

Unfortunately, holiday credit card debt lingers far longer than leftover turkey. If you don’t—or can’t—repay holiday debt promptly, it’ll accumulate over time. Financial planning apps make life much easier, whether you’re saving or repaying holiday debt. How much debt does the average person owe? .

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Some lawmakers and regulators are calling for interest rate caps and lower fees on credit cards as debt levels march higher. Total credit card debt topped $1 trillion in the second quarter of 2023 for the first time ever. Federally chartered credit unions have an 18% limit. For example, Sen.

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Titan Consulting

MAY 3, 2020

All three for-profit credit reporting agencies, Experian, Equifax and Transunion compile and report consumer credit and debt payment activity and sell this consumer information to lenders seeking to grant credit. Here’s why: Who Decides Your Credit Score? Key Takeaways.

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Better Credit Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

This is why many people engage the services of a debt relief agency. TransUnion calculates that paying off $5,000 of credit card debt at the minimum rate costs $10,000 in interest. The fees you can expect to pay for Freedom Debt Relief’s services range from 15–25%. National Debt Relief vs. Freedom Debt Relief.

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Titan Consulting

MAY 17, 2020

Rent Bureau , now owned by the credit bureau Experian, electronically compiles rental data from property management companies and individual landlords. Rental agencies and alternative credit providers use the data to screen applicants and establish consumer credit scores.

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Collection Industry News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Issuers will likely turn off the spigot of generous incentives and easy credit in 2023 in response to a weaker economy, according to analysts. We spoke to credit experts about emerging credit card trends, how they may impact consumers and how you can prepare. People might find themselves in more credit card debt.

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Fico Collections

AUGUST 29, 2022

“Amounts Owed” comprises some 30% of the overall FICO® Score calculation and is heavily weighted towards credit card balances and utilization -- so the observed increase in credit card debt levels is contributing to the average score leveling off. Ethan has a B.S. See all Posts. chevron_left Blog Home. Average U.S.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Federal Activities: On September 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its fifth biennial report to Congress on the consumer credit card market, finding that the market’s growth over the last few years reversed course in 2020.

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Titan Consulting

MAY 10, 2020

In the last 30 years, the Fair Isaac and Company, better known as FICO, changed the way the lenders evaluate consumer applications. The FICO score, introduced in 1989, uses consumer credit payment history, to create a proprietary three-digit number predicting future repayment risk.

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True Accord

JULY 5, 2022

A hike in the federal interest rate prompts a jump in the Bank Prime Loan Rate ( prime rate ), the credit rate that banks offer to their most credit-worthy customers and off of which they base other forms of consumer credit like mortgages and consumer loans.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

On October 25, the CFPB released its biennial report to Congress on the consumer credit card market. The report found that in 2022 credit card companies charged consumers more than $105 billion in interest and more than $25 billion in fees. For more information, click here.

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Fico Collections

JANUARY 15, 2021

In our top post, Vice President and General Manager of Scores, Sally Taylor explained the new FICO Resilience Index, designed to provide lenders with a more precise assessment of consumer credit risk and consumers with demonstrated talent for weathering economic storms greater access to credit.

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