Credit cards
Capping interchange fees would benefit cash and card users – Fed study
Authors say limit on payment card charges would be advantageous for both customers and merchants
Credit delinquency rise may be due to home priorities – study
Consumers choosing to repay auto and home loans rather than credit cards, say authors
Philadelphia Fed documents troubling credit trends in US
Revolving credit and delinquencies on rise as minimum payments hit peak for the decade
Central Bank of Kuwait puts limits on online card transactions
Bank restricts volume and quantity of payments, and urges use of one-time passcodes
US consumers are increasingly denied credit – NY Fed survey
Rejections for auto loans and remortgages have reached record levels
IMF tracks sharp rise in deposit accounts in emerging economies
Latest survey highlights inclusion trends in bank accounts, card usage and digital services
Australian central bank proposes caps on card fees
Small businesses pay “substantial” surcharges during debit and credit card transactions, says RBA
US Helocs rise after years of decline – research
Study by Kansas City Fed warns balances are outsized compared with debt consolidation
Bank of Thailand announces measures to ease household debt
Central bank extends easier repayment rules for card users and persistent debtors
DNB study sounds alarm over youngsters’ payment habits
“Fun” justifications for big purchases storing up trouble for future, says research
Fed paper looks at US opioids crisis
Banks are causing credit contraction in worst-affected communities, researchers say
Mir card system to operate across Cuba
Russian payments network continues gradual progress in Latin America
Egypt restricts foreign currency credit card payments
The move comes after the central bank restricted debit card use abroad
Pandemic may have altered US credit score reporting – paper
Government support and spending changes improved many individuals' ratings, researchers find
Myanmar official says Mir payments will launch in October
Central bank leader had predicted the Russian card would start circulating last year
Central Bank of Ireland suffers credit data breach
Over 20,000 borrowers’ credit scores impacted by “archiving error”
Brazil governor promises to end high-interest rotating credit
Campos Neto tells legislators central bank achieved “soft landing” on monetary policy
Nicaragua considers joining Mir network
Finance minister says Russian cards will overcome “aggression” of sanctions
Russia’s Mir cards now working in Venezuela
Russian payment cards advance in Latin America, but get sanctioned by Canada
Nigerian central bank caps contactless payments
Move limits consumers’ daily contactless payments to $66
Chile’s cash use has rebounded since pandemic, survey finds
Cash remains the primary payment method for small purchases, though card use has risen