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Millennial credit card delinquencies rise: New York Fed

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Nearly 3% of millennials are newly delinquent as of the third quarter this year, slightly up from 2.5% in Q3 2019, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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Newly delinquent credit card users now top pre-pandemic levels: New York Fed

American Banker

credit card balances continue to march above $1 trillion, the number of newly delinquent credit card users now exceeds the pre-pandemic average and millennials and those with student or auto loans are driving the increase in past-due payments, the New York Fed said.

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Millennials Eschewing Credit Cards

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Credit card issuers will be encouraged by the latest data from The New York Fed. Credit card use, after many years of slowdown after the financial crisis of 2008, is now exploding. Among the Millennial generation, the level of credit card debt is at its lowest level since 1989, when data collection began.

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With Home Equity Lacking, Will Millennials Embrace POS Financing?

PYMNTS

In the latest staff report from the New York Federal Reserve , titled “Trends in Household Debt and Credit,” it is noted that one of the features of debt is that it can “provide access to assets.”. Against this backdrop, we find, then, that millennials do not embrace credit cards as readily as other groups of users.

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Millionaires, Millennials And The Great Avocado Debate

PYMNTS

Are millennials eating too many avocados on toast for their own good? The crux of the debate is this: are first- time home sales down because, given the choice of a two car garage and a yard in the suburbs, millennials have, en masse, decided they’d rather enjoy a more richly-delicious brunch experience, week in and week out?

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US Household Debt Hits All-Time High

PYMNTS

trillion, according to a CNBC report that cited the New York Federal Reserve. However, credit card balances have dropped compared to before the coronavirus pandemic. That decrease in credit card balances comes even as the credit limits have been increased by $34 billion, leaving $3 trillion available in credit card lines.

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Credit Card Startup Petal Raises $300M Led By Jefferies

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The New York-based FinTech company Petal has announced a $300 million debt round from global investment bank Jefferies, adding to existing venture capital investments from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Rosecliff Ventures and others, the company announced in a press release on Wednesday (Sept.

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