TransUnion: Healthy Consumer Credit Market Drives Return to Lending

TransUnion, Chicago, said the financial services industry is rebounding strongly from the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with auto, credit card, mortgage and personal loan industries exhibited renewed signs of strength at the mid-point of 2021.

TransUnion: Majority of Consumers in Accommodation Programs Continue to Make Payments

Enrollment in financial hardship programs grew significantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – to 7% of all accounts for credit products such as auto loans and mortgages. However, a new TransUnion study reported the majority of consumers continued to make payments on their accounts, even when in an accommodation program.

Housing Market Roundup: Apr. 15, 2021

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Consumers Resilient Despite Broader Economic Challenges

Serious delinquency rates in August improved once more across all consumer credit segments even as the number of people in accommodation programs dropped for the second consecutive month, reported TransUnion, Chicago.

TransUnion: Consumer Credit Market Withstands Coronavirus Challenges

TransUnion, Chicago, reported the total percentage of accounts in “financial hardship” status dropped during July for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and personal loans – marking the first such decrease since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.