A student credit card, when used responsibly, can help you establish a credit history, build your credit score and develop healthy spending habits. Use a student credit card for affordable, ...

Consumer credit in the U.S. surged to $16.01 billion in July, a significant increase from the previous month’s $9.61 billion. This marks an absolute rise of $6.4 billion, or approximately 66.6%, ...

Consumer staples companies sell relatively cheap products that are used regularly. Many consumer staples companies have achieved Dividend King status. PepsiCo has a historically high yield even as it ...

Spinwheel, the agentic AI-powered credit data and payments platform, today announced a strategic investment from Citi Ventures. The funding will support Spinwheel’s continued go-to-market growth, ...

As of July 2025, a federal judge abolished proposed federal rules to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports. Medical debt over $500 will still appear on credit reports after one year in ...

One of the three major credit bureaus fell prey to a cyberattack that exposed personal data from more than 4.4 million U.S. consumers. TransUnion confirmed the breach, which involved a third-party ...

Southwest Airlines has three co-branded consumer credit cards with Chase that offer airline-focused rewards and perks. Each of the Southwest cards charges an annual fee, but benefits like a free ...

Update: Story updated with confirmation that this was another Salesforce data theft attack and the types of data stolen. Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach ...

DALLAS — Many Americans almost saw their credit scores improve under a rule that was finalized late in the Biden presidency. But ultimately, the rule was killed after President Biden left office. The ...

Credit card delinquencies hit 12.3% in Q2 2025, near the 2011 all-time high of 13.7%. Auto loans (5%) and student loans (10.2%) also show rising serious delinquencies. These trends indicate a ...

U.S. consumer credit swelled by $7.37B in June, slightly trailing the $7.40B consensus and accelerating from $5.10B in May (revised from $5.13B), according to data released by the Federal Reserve on ...

Household debt rose to $18.39 trillion, and delinquency remained "elevated," the New York Fed said. Credit card balances hit $1.21 trillion, with rising student loan debt and mortgages. Economic ...