A Technologist? Really? When asked what they want to be when they grow up, most kids will answer: police officer, actor, astronaut, vet. But not Zilch co-founder Philip Belamant. Even back then, he ...

Credit-card debt is soaring, interest rates on balances have moved into the 30% range on many cards, and delinquencies and bankruptcies are rising. The statistics are grim as consumers fight to keep ...

Gen Z-ers overwhelmingly view credit as key to their financial futures — but actually getting their hands on it is proving to be a generational hurdle. In a new TransUnion survey, 98% of Gen Z ...

Credit card debt is soaring, interest rates on balances have moved into the 30% range on many cards, and delinquencies and bankruptcies are rising. The statistics are grim as consumers fight to keep ...

Credit unions present themselves as the "good guys," non-profit member-run organizations incapable of engaging in predatory financial services. While this is true for many, my research has uncovered ...

Some developing country governments spend years making the reforms that international financial institutions want—only to find that their efforts are not rewarded. They may make budgets more ...

Folks who turned to personal loans to manage outstanding balances on credit cards are finding themselves back in card debt months later. A survey conducted by TransUnion between April 2021 and ...

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For much of the past year, we've been hearing from high-level bankers (like JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon and his famous “cockroaches” comment) to hundreds of writers and journalists about challenges and ...

Key actors are beginning to ask what the system of sovereign debt as a whole needs to provide. Photo by Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images Some developing country governments spend years making ...