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Might Millennials’ Dissatisfaction Hint At Housing Downturn To Come?

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News came this week, as noted across sites such as CNBC , that millennial homeownership has been creeping along. Bankrate polled 1,500 homeowners, and found that 63 percent of millennials say they have regrets about having bought the home they are in. Buying a house is no small undertaking. percent, compared to 11.9

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Disbursements By Voice Are Growing In Popularity – And Other Instant Disbursements Trends

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Consumers and microbusinesses now get an average of two disbursements each year, excluding tax disbursements from local, state and federal governments. 1: Instant disbursements as a percentage of all non-tax disbursements in the U.S. percent as of 2018. Fast Fact No. are growing — but slowly. percent in 2019 and 9.5

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

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Charles Dickens’ famous starter to A Tale of Two Cities , as it turns out, is a pretty good way to sum up the year 2018 from the view of the alternative financial services segment. However, as 2018 wore on, headwinds started to blow back on the segment, most especially in the form of rising interest rates.

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Deep Dive: Safeguarding B2B eCommerce And The Corporate Customer Experience

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Forty-four percent of 200 millennials surveyed last year stated they were wholly responsible for making purchasing decisions at the B2B companies at which they worked, and an additional 33 percent played some role in this process. One study found a 46 percent increase in reports of such attacks between 2017 and 2018.

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Disbursements Satisfaction Report 2020: Monetizing Payout Choice

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Consumers and other businesses can access their tax refunds, benefits, freelance income, insurance claims, dividend payments and other disbursements within 30 minutes of being paid — sometimes even within seconds. The funds can then be deposited into any type of account, including a bank account, prepaid card or digital wallet.

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America’s Expanding Debt Footprint (And What It Really Means)

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” When one steps back, he noted, and looks at the total picture for 2018, it is notably different from 2008 in many regards. But, he added, while those debt numbers get a lot of play, it is also worth noting that personal income has gone up $5 trillion in the same amount of time — or $4 trillion after taxes. A Different Economy.

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What The Climbing Debt Defaults Really Mean For The Economy

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Revolving outstanding credit, made up primarily of credit cards, increased at a 13.3 Despite the decline in confidence, consumers’ expectations remain at historically strong levels, suggesting economic growth will continue well into 2018,” she said. Credit Card Troubles. percent in 2018 — up from the 4.32

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