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US Consumers' FICO Score Hits Highest Since 2005

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WSJ states: "Early estimates suggest the average score has held steady through mid-October at the July level, which is the highest since FICO began keeping track in 2005.". Another gauge of consumer activity, credit card point-of-sale data, also suggests consumers are moving toward pre-COVID-19 spending patterns. The average U.S.

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Corporate Card Data Spared In Capital One Hack

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Corporate credit card data was not exposed in the massive Capital One data breach that came to light earlier this week, according to Business Travel News reports. Six million consumers in Canada had their data exposed by the hack. customers, and 1 million Canadian Social Insurance Numbers.

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Innovators Set Their Sights On Digital, D2C Models

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In retail, skincare and beauty brand Cleanlogic is setting its sights on the D2C model , while in innovation, Venmo dropped its first credit card for consumers. Data: 2005: The year Cleanlogic started when Isaac Shapiro wanted to get into the health and beauty accessories business. All this, Today in Data.

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Zopa Secures UK Banking License

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Now, in addition to car and personal loans on behalf of retail and institutional investors, Zopa will introduce savings accounts this week, to be followed by the addition of credit cards later this year. But it plans to avoid the interest-free introductory deals common among the nation’s credit card market.

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Sephora, Klarna To Offer Shopping With Installment Payments

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Founded in 2005, Klarna offers an alternative to credit cards. Sephora offers 25,000 products from 400 curated brands in more than 490 stores across the Americas, as well as over 660 locations inside JCPenney. It is valued at $5.5 billion following a $460 million investment in August.

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Visa, Mastercard May Reach Settlement In Card Swipe Fee Suit

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More than a decade after merchants brought a class-action suit against Mastercard , Visa and card-issuing banks in 2005, a settlement between the parties is reportedly in the works. While it is not known how the payment would be split, the card networks and a number of banks may pay merchants a total of approximately $6.5

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Will customers tell Barclays to frack off?

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That grew to 70% and, excluding the impact of mergers and acquisitions, the four largest banks have lost less than 5% market share since 2005. I remember Bark of America having an absolute PR disaster, when they announced a $5 per month debit card fee after the Durbin amendment to Dodd-Frank capped interchange fees.

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