Student (school) loan delinquencies in the U.S. have climbed back to roughly pre‑pandemic levels, with on the order of six million borrowers now past due and clear signs of rising financial stress for many households. This jump is showing up ...

Two recent actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have been criticized for weakening, rather than strengthening, consumer protections. Both involve pulling back on rules that would have limited abusive contract terms and ...

The Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for Tricolor Holdings is preparing to sue former CEO and founder Daniel Chu, alleging that he was largely responsible for a wide‑ranging fraud that led to the company’s collapse. ​ What the trustee is alleging ...

Dive Brief: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued a memo Friday withdrawing 2013 leveraged lending guidance, calling it “overly restrictive” for banks. The guidance and advice on implementing it, issued in ...

The headline refers to new data showing that about 3% of U.S. home mortgages were delinquent (at least one payment past due) in September, essentially unchanged from a year earlier and from the prior quarter, though there are growing signs ...

Credit unions’ share of auto loans slipped in Q3 2025 as banks expanded their presence, but credit unions remain especially strong in used-vehicle financing and still hold over one-fifth of total auto finance market share. Banks now lead overall auto ...

Who Andrew Ferguson Is Andrew Ferguson is a Republican lawyer and regulator who became an FTC commissioner after an appointment during the Biden administration, and was later elevated to FTC chairman by President Donald Trump in his second term. Before ...

Fannie Mae announced significant updates to its Single-Family Selling Guide on Wednesday, introducing a rebranded energy efficiency loan program and loosening restrictions on renovation refinancing and accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The government-sponsored enterprise aims to modernize aging housing stock and ...

A construction company, Azure Builders Inc., has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida. The firm filed the case on Saturday, December 6, due to internal conflicts and financial strain ...