March 16, 2015
March 16, 2015
The Home Affordable Modification Program continues to disappoint. As of Dec. 31, 1 in 3 struggling homeowners who received a loan modification through HAMP ultimately re-defaulted […]
March 13, 2015
March 13, 2015
In the first 30 days of the tax season, the government processed over 48 million individual income tax returns. Forty million Americans, or 83% of those […]
March 12, 2015
It’s been about 2 months into tax season and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reporting that over 40 million tax refunds worth $125 billion have […]
March 11, 2015
Cardtronics, Inc., the world’s largest retail ATM owner/operator, has launched ATMpass, a program which allows consumers unlimited access to 5,000 of the company’s machines provided they […]
March 10, 2015
Will technology provide the shot in the arm that megabanks need to catch up with community banks in customer service? A new survey suggests that might […]
March 9, 2015
March 9, 2015
A handful of former students claiming to be “made poor by the business of education” are protesting their student loans by refusing to pay them. They’re […]
March 6, 2015
Home prices have not recovered enough to protect the states with high concentrations of home equity lines of credit whose rates are scheduled to reset in […]
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ fourth-quarter earnings survey is out, and the news is generally good. The median American was taking home $41,392 at the end […]
March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015
Millions of consumers could be lifted out of subprime status and get better loan terms if credit reports and scores were broadened to consider on-time utility […]