Latest updates for Consumer Finance

Fresh curated links around consumer finance are collected here so marketers can spot useful updates and turn timely ideas into posts faster.

Recent items include:

  • 44 percent of credit-challenged consumers are relying on financing for purchases
  • Financialisation of households
  • The K-Curve Hits Household Finance

Post angles to try

Share the most useful takeaway for your audience.
Turn one article into a quick practical checklist.
Ask your audience how this shift affects their work.
Turn angles into scheduled posts

Fresh articles and ideas

Recent curated links from global sources. Generate one free draft from any story, then use SocialBu to schedule and refine your content calendar.

wcpo.com /1 month ago

44 percent of credit-challenged consumers are relying on financing for purchases

A new Snap Finance study has found 44 percent of credit-challenged consumers rely on financing to make major purchases.

Read source
tribune.com.pk /1 month ago

Financialisation of households

Individuals take different types of loans to meet essential needs, which increases import bill

Read source
paymentsjournal.com /1 month ago

The K-Curve Hits Household Finance

A new Philadelphia Federal Reserve review points to two pressure points in consumer finance: mortgages are drifting further out of reach for many first-time buyers, and the credit...

Read source
marketwatch.com /6 days ago

Fake shopping sprees and ‘happiness insurance’: The latest fintech apps reveal our financial anxieties

Fintech companies are catching on to how Americans are altering their financial habits, and they’ve created new products to try to meet the moment.

Read source
openbankingexpo.com /1 month ago

FCA cites Open Finance among next steps to support SME access to finance

A Financial Conduct Authority review into SME access to finance found that the challenges are often greatest for microbusinesses in the UK. Source

Read source
letsreachsuccess.com /1 month ago

How Consumers Are Navigating Financial Pressure More Carefully

Financial pressure has become a reality for many households, encouraging consumers to take a more thoughtful approach to managing their money. As a result, people are increasingly...

Read source
nytimes.com /4 weeks ago

South Carolinians: Do You Have a Short-Term, High-Interest Personal Loan? Share Your Bills.

We want to hear from borrowers who have taken out installment, payday or title loans, and those who work for companies that offer them.

Read source
thehindubusinessline.com /4 weeks ago

Building wealth together

A young couple get down to understanding about managing finances and planning for their future

Read source
natlawreview.com /4 weeks ago

Florida OFR Resolves Alleged Unlicensed Consumer Lending

On September 10, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) entered a final order adopting a stipulation and consent agreement with a consumer finance company to resolve alle...

Read source
thehindubusinessline.com /3 weeks ago

Unpacking bundled insurance

Home loan and car purchase consumers should be aware of insurance options beyond the dealer

Read source
editorialge.com /1 week ago

8 Alternative Data Sources Fintech Companies Use for Credit Decisions

A borrower can have steady income and a record of paying regular bills yet still have little information in a conventional credit file. Fintech lenders may look beyond that file to...

Read source
realtor.com /1 week ago

These Loans Are Helping Real Estate Investors Buy and Rent Out Homes—So Why Doesn’t Everyone Get One?

With debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) loans, you make the case that the home you want to buy will pay for itself. 

Read source
inc.com /1 week ago

Buy Now, Pay Later Is a $157 Billion Market. Payments Are Now Part of Your Product

BNPL now shapes affordability, product choice, refunds, and trust. Leaders need to treat financing as part of the offer, not a final checkout step.

Read source
natlawreview.com /1 month ago

Housing Finance — When Helping a Deal Can Cross a Regulatory Line

Read source
abnormalreturns.com /1 month ago

Personal finance links: supercharged fraud

Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at how...

Read source
fintechnews.sg /1 month ago

FinVolution, NUS Business School Explore a Fix for the Credit Gap Filipino Helpers Face

FinVolution Group, a leading fintech company, took part in the Second Global Summit on High-Quality Belt and Road Cooperation in Singapore on September 3, 2026. Co-hosted by the UN...

Read source
fintechnews.sg /1 week ago

When Your Shopping App Offers a Loan, Who Profits Behind the Scenes?

Embedded finance has settled well into the Asia Pacific region’s everyday digital life. Users now comfortably gain access to payments, credit, and wallets inside the platforms they...

Read source
conversableeconomist.com /3 weeks ago

Financial Literacy: How Many Can Pass the Test?

Financial literacy is meant to be basic stuff. For an example of how basic, here are eight questions from what is called the GFLEC Personal Finance Index. More on the index and the...

Read source
finextra.com /2 weeks ago

The Economics of Point-of-Sale Lending in India (Taras Boyko)

India’s next big lending opportunity may not begin with a loan application. It may begin at the chec...

Read source
finextra.com /4 days ago

Reading payment data versus acting on it: why affordability belongs to account information (Martin Korbelar)

On 20 November 2026, the revised Consumer Credit Directive 2023/2225, commonly called CCD2, begins

Read source
localnews8.com /4 weeks ago

Consumer credit score trends and debt behavior in 2026: What borrowers should know to strengthen financial health

Credit scores remain one of the most important factors in modern personal finance. They influence everything from loan approvals to interest rates to overall financial flexibility....

Read source
legaltechmonitor.com /1 month ago

Credit Acceptance’s $710 Million Settlement Signals New Pressure on Subprime Auto Finance

Credit Acceptance Corp. has agreed to a sweeping $710 million settlement with 40 states and Washington, D.C., resolving allegations that the company pushed financially vulnerable c...

Read source
finextra.com /1 month ago

Citi launches media platform for advertisers

Citi is the latest US financial services giant to launch a media platform, tapping into its transaction data to help advertisers better target customers.

Read source
thehindubusinessline.com /3 weeks ago

Fine print: Barely read and rarely understood

‘The information is all there. Lots of it, in fact. But its presence doesn’t equal comprehension’

Read source

Turn fresh research into a full content calendar

Use SocialBu to discover ideas, generate post drafts, and schedule them across your social channels.

Sources covering Consumer Finance

feeds.marketwatch.com

Recent coverage from public sources
Public source

rss.nytimes.com

Recent coverage from public sources
Public source

abnormalreturns.com

Recent coverage from public sources
Public source

conversableeconomist.wpcomstaging.com

Recent coverage from public sources
Public source

editorialge.com

Recent coverage from public sources
Public source

fintechnews.sg

Recent coverage from public sources
Public source