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Private Label Retail Credit Card Delinquencies At Highest Rate Since 2011

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The severe delinquency rate on private label retail credit cards jumped 57 basis points from March of last year and stands at 4.65 percent, according to Equifax ’s latest National Consumer Credit Trends Report. Currently, they are at their highest level since the early part of 2011. billion are up 0.8 billion are up 0.8

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Retailers Want Fed To Revisit Debit Swipe Fees

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Merchants are preparing a new battle in the seemingly never-ending debit-card interchange fee wars. The amendment was passed following lobbying by the merchants and, of course, counter lobbying by the card networks and banks. Pre-2011, debit card interchange fees averaged in the 44 cent range.

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Industry Slant // Bo Berg Talks Giant Schnauzers, DJing, Financial Services

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I eventually got headhunted to work for City National Bank in Los Angeles. MM: So, you started at City National Bank, and was the bank online before you got there? MM: You played a variety of roles at City National Bank. I touch a variety of sub-industries, including retail banking, commercial banking, and payments.

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Report: Credit Card APRs At Highest Rates In Five Years

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Americans are carrying more debt than ever before and paying some of the highest credit card rates every recorded, according to new data. The national average annual percentage rate (APR) for credit card debt is 15.22 percent, according to CreditCards.com’s weekly Credit Card Rate Report. Credit card balances rose 3.4

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Halloween Spending Forecast To Break Records

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According the National Retail Federation (NRF), Halloween this year will see record-breaking shopping numbers. Retailers are helping customers celebrate in style, with a huge selection of costumes, candy and decorations to cater to ghosts and goblins of all ages.”. percent in 2011. billion, up 8.3 billion, up 8.3

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Today In Data: Holiday Weekend Sales And SMB Lending

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3 billion | Amount that Amazon Lending has lent to SMBs since the program’s launch in 2011, with borrowers primarily from the U.S., 60 percent | Portion of Singapore’s national spend done through payment cards. As an added fun fact, the average Singaporean citizen has between two and six payment cards in his or her wallet.

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The Surge Of Digital Payments In India

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According to an RBI document from March 2011, the average number of non-cash transactions per person was only six per year. In 2011, just a small percentage of the approximately 10 million retailers expected card payments, according to the same paper and around 145 million households were not connected to the banking system.