58 search results for "equifax"

Credit Cards, the Biggest Payment Method: Balances, Burden, Delinquencies, Available Credit: How Are our Drunken Sailors Holding Up?

by Wolf Richter • Nov 9, 2023 • 132 Comments

Only 2% of credit card users are delinquent, according to new data from the New York Fed; 98% are current.

Our Drunken Sailors Still Not in Trouble with their Credit Cards

by Wolf Richter • Aug 8, 2023 • 77 Comments

Keeping an eye on them because some day enough of them will get in trouble to move the needle. But not yet.

With Stimmies Fading, Consumers Dip into Credit Cards for First Time since 2019, But Only a Little. Everyone’s Relieved

by Wolf Richter • Jul 8, 2021 • 155 Comments

No one wants consumers to pay off their high-interest credit cards, least of all banks, and consumers had threatened to do just that.

State of the American Debt Slaves: Fed “Confounded” as They Pay Down Credit Cards, Other High-Interest Debt, and HELOCs

by Wolf Richter • May 13, 2021 • 137 Comments

Forbearance Effect: Serious delinquencies of mortgages & student loans plunge to record lows because delinquent loans in forbearance don’t count as delinquent.

No Payment, No Problem: In Rosy World of Forbearance, Official Delinquencies Plunge, Credit Scores of Delinquent Borrowers Jump

by Wolf Richter • Nov 18, 2020 • 141 Comments

Credit-score algos got fooled by forbearance. Weirdest economy ever where no one knows what’s going on anymore.

As of Sep 21, “Credit Freezes” & “Unfreezes” Will Be Free for All Americans

by Wolf Richter • Sep 18, 2018 • 35 Comments

After the uproar about the Equifax hack, Congress did do something. And credit freezes are now a lot easier to place and lift.

Why Are So Few Customers Leaving TSB Bank Despite 21 Weeks of Mayhem?

by Don Quijones • Aug 28, 2018 • 34 Comments

The botched IT migration is still dogging customers of the UK lender.

Oops, Facebook’s Market Cap Plunges by $143 Billion

by Wolf Richter • Jul 25, 2018 • 144 Comments

Throughout the scandals, Facebook was clad in Teflon and nothing mattered. But today, it mattered.

Despite Wave of Cyber Attacks, Banks in Mexico Double Down on Biometric Tracking of Customers

by Don Quijones • Jun 30, 2018 • 12 Comments

For hackers, biometric data is the Holy Grail. Now banks, including the ones that got hacked, will require it from their customers.

Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook?

by Wolf Richter • Mar 20, 2018 • 174 Comments

Where’s the panicked rush to “delete” accounts?

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