credit cards

Is it time to start worrying about consumer credit?

05/10/18

Household debt is higher than ever, and delinquencies in credit cards and unsecured personal loans are edging upward. Bruce Van Saun, chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial, shares his views on the market and the business opportunities there.

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Apple said to pick Goldman Sachs to issue reward credit card

05/10/18

Goldman Sachs will issue Apple’s new co-brand credit card, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the investment bank deepens its push into consumer finance.

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Credit card use hits all-time high, and debt highest in years

05/08/18

About 175 million Americans now have access to a credit card, and the delinquency rate has gone up along with that, but an expert at TransUnion, which issued the data Tuesday, said the underlying metrics suggest there is no cause for alarm — yet.

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Credit Unions with the Largest Credit Card Portfolios

05/07/18

On Dec. 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

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Little-noticed reg relief measure would combat card fraud

05/02/18

The provision would make it harder for criminals who use real Social Security numbers to create fake personas and then apply for credit.

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Lessons from a mobile payments revolution

04/30/18

There is no disputing that China is ahead of the rest of the world in mobile payments. What insight does it offer U.S. bankers?

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Discover’s credit quality weakens, but profits climb on tax savings

04/26/18

The credit card lender reported a decline in pretax earnings, but a sharply reduced tax bill led to a 17% profit gain.

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Credit card, auto lending drive earnings growth at Capital One

04/24/18

Double-digit gains in the bank's two largest loan categories offset declines in commercial and home loans.

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Former SunTrust employee said to have stolen customer data

04/20/18

The news of the data breach cast a shadow over relatively strong first-quarter earnings for the Atlanta bank.

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A hotel becomes Amex's battleground for credit card rewards

04/19/18

Major card brands have been competing to surpass each other with rewards and premium card offerings for decades, but American Express still views the premium card world as one it dominates.

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